diff --git a/ext/standard/html.c b/ext/standard/html.c
index 354e18bfec1..de763cf72a6 100644
--- a/ext/standard/html.c
+++ b/ext/standard/html.c
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ ZEND_EXTERN_MODULE_GLOBALS(mbstring)
 
 /* {{{ get_next_char
  */
-static unsigned int get_next_char(
+static inline unsigned int get_next_char(
 		enum entity_charset charset,
-		unsigned char *str,
+		const unsigned char *str,
 		size_t str_len,
 		size_t *cursor,
 		int *status)
@@ -352,6 +352,18 @@ static unsigned int get_next_char(
 }
 /* }}} */
 
+/* {{{ php_next_utf8_char
+ * Public interface for get_next_char used with UTF-8 */
+ PHPAPI unsigned int php_next_utf8_char(
+		const unsigned char *str,
+		size_t str_len,
+		size_t *cursor,
+		int *status)
+{
+	return get_next_char(cs_utf_8, str, str_len, cursor, status);
+}
+/* }}} */
+
 /* {{{ entity_charset determine_charset
  * returns the charset identifier based on current locale or a hint.
  * defaults to UTF-8 */
diff --git a/ext/standard/html.h b/ext/standard/html.h
index 4915e171cb9..8d9efc406e6 100644
--- a/ext/standard/html.h
+++ b/ext/standard/html.h
@@ -57,5 +57,6 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(get_html_translation_table);
 PHPAPI char *php_escape_html_entities(unsigned char *old, size_t oldlen, size_t *newlen, int all, int flags, char *hint_charset TSRMLS_DC);
 PHPAPI char *php_escape_html_entities_ex(unsigned char *old, size_t oldlen, size_t *newlen, int all, int flags, char *hint_charset, zend_bool double_encode TSRMLS_DC);
 PHPAPI char *php_unescape_html_entities(unsigned char *old, size_t oldlen, size_t *newlen, int all, int flags, char *hint_charset TSRMLS_DC);
+PHPAPI unsigned int php_next_utf8_char(const unsigned char *str, size_t str_len, size_t *cursor, int *status);
 
 #endif /* HTML_H */
diff --git a/ext/xml/tests/bug49687.phpt b/ext/xml/tests/bug49687.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3ff19cee7e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/xml/tests/bug49687.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #49687 Several utf8_decode deficiencies and vulnerabilities
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+require_once("skipif.inc");
+if (!extension_loaded('xml')) die ("skip xml extension not available");
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+$tests = array(
+    "\x41\xC2\x3E\x42",
+    "\xE3\x80\x22",
+    "\x41\x98\xBA\x42\xE2\x98\x43\xE2\x98\xBA\xE2\x98",
+);
+foreach ($tests as $t) {
+    echo bin2hex(utf8_decode($t)), "\n";
+}
+echo "Done.\n";
+--EXPECT--
+413f3e42
+3f22
+413f3f423f433f3f
+Done.
diff --git a/ext/xml/xml.c b/ext/xml/xml.c
index 72729d6de5c..54e03d5e63e 100644
--- a/ext/xml/xml.c
+++ b/ext/xml/xml.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "zend_variables.h"
 #include "ext/standard/php_string.h"
 #include "ext/standard/info.h"
+#include "ext/standard/html.h"
 
 #if HAVE_XML
 
@@ -662,7 +663,7 @@ PHPAPI char *xml_utf8_encode(const char *s, int len, int *newlen, const XML_Char
 /* {{{ xml_utf8_decode */
 PHPAPI char *xml_utf8_decode(const XML_Char *s, int len, int *newlen, const XML_Char *encoding)
 {
-	int pos = len;
+	size_t pos = 0;
 	char *newbuf = emalloc(len + 1);
 	unsigned int c;
 	char (*decoder)(unsigned short) = NULL;
@@ -681,36 +682,15 @@ PHPAPI char *xml_utf8_decode(const XML_Char *s, int len, int *newlen, const XML_
 		newbuf[*newlen] = '\0';
 		return newbuf;
 	}
-	while (pos > 0) {
-		c = (unsigned char)(*s);
-		if (c >= 0xf0) { /* four bytes encoded, 21 bits */
-			if(pos-4 >= 0) {
-				c = ((s[0]&7)<<18) | ((s[1]&63)<<12) | ((s[2]&63)<<6) | (s[3]&63);
-			} else {
-				c = '?';	
-			}
-			s += 4;
-			pos -= 4;
-		} else if (c >= 0xe0) { /* three bytes encoded, 16 bits */
-			if(pos-3 >= 0) {
-				c = ((s[0]&63)<<12) | ((s[1]&63)<<6) | (s[2]&63);
-			} else {
-				c = '?';
-			}
-			s += 3;
-			pos -= 3;
-		} else if (c >= 0xc0) { /* two bytes encoded, 11 bits */
-			if(pos-2 >= 0) {
-				c = ((s[0]&63)<<6) | (s[1]&63);
-			} else {
-				c = '?';
-			}
-			s += 2;
-			pos -= 2;
-		} else {
-			s++;
-			pos--;
+
+	while (pos < (size_t)len) {
+		int status = FAILURE;
+		c = php_next_utf8_char((const unsigned char*)s, (size_t) len, &pos, &status);
+
+		if (status == FAILURE || c > 0xFFU) {
+			c = '?';
 		}
+
 		newbuf[*newlen] = decoder ? decoder(c) : c;
 		++*newlen;
 	}