diff --git a/package/qa/cppunit/data/tdf163818.odg b/package/qa/cppunit/data/tdf163818.odg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a01424acc27d
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diff --git a/package/qa/cppunit/test_zippackage.cxx b/package/qa/cppunit/test_zippackage.cxx
index e8f3f910bb5a..354429576032 100644
--- a/package/qa/cppunit/test_zippackage.cxx
+++ b/package/qa/cppunit/test_zippackage.cxx
@@ -425,6 +425,28 @@ CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(ZipPackageTest, testTdf163341)
                                                                            m_xContext);
 }
 
+CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(ZipPackageTest, testTdf163818)
+{
+    auto const url(m_directories.getURLFromSrc(u"/package/qa/cppunit/data/tdf163818.odg"));
+    uno::Sequence<uno::Any> const args{
+        uno::Any(url),
+        uno::Any(beans::NamedValue("StorageFormat", uno::Any(embed::StorageFormats::PACKAGE)))
+    };
+
+    // unclear if this should be allowed?
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_THROW(m_xContext->getServiceManager()->createInstanceWithArgumentsAndContext(
+                             ZipPackage, args, m_xContext),
+                         css::packages::zip::ZipIOException);
+
+    // recovery should work
+    uno::Sequence<uno::Any> const args2{
+        uno::Any(url), uno::Any(beans::NamedValue(u"RepairPackage"_ustr, uno::Any(true))),
+        uno::Any(beans::NamedValue("StorageFormat", uno::Any(embed::StorageFormats::ZIP)))
+    };
+    m_xContext->getServiceManager()->createInstanceWithArgumentsAndContext(ZipPackage, args2,
+                                                                           m_xContext);
+}
+
 //CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_REGISTRATION(...);
 //CPPUNIT_PLUGIN_IMPLEMENT();
 
diff --git a/package/source/zipapi/ZipFile.cxx b/package/source/zipapi/ZipFile.cxx
index d270b8d35463..ea674f642c29 100644
--- a/package/source/zipapi/ZipFile.cxx
+++ b/package/source/zipapi/ZipFile.cxx
@@ -1856,20 +1856,27 @@ bool ZipFile::checkSizeAndCRC( const ZipEntry& aEntry )
 {
     ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutexHolder->GetMutex() );
 
-    sal_Int32 nCRC = 0;
-    sal_Int64 nSize = 0;
-
-    if( aEntry.nMethod == STORED )
-        return ( getCRC( aEntry.nOffset, aEntry.nSize ) == aEntry.nCrc );
-
-    if (aEntry.nCompressedSize < 0)
+    try
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nCRC = 0;
+        sal_Int64 nSize = 0;
+
+        if( aEntry.nMethod == STORED )
+            return ( getCRC( aEntry.nOffset, aEntry.nSize ) == aEntry.nCrc );
+
+        if (aEntry.nCompressedSize < 0)
+        {
+            SAL_WARN("package", "bogus compressed size of: " << aEntry.nCompressedSize);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        getSizeAndCRC( aEntry.nOffset, aEntry.nCompressedSize, &nSize, &nCRC );
+        return ( aEntry.nSize == nSize && aEntry.nCrc == nCRC );
+    }
+    catch (uno::Exception const&)
     {
-        SAL_WARN("package", "bogus compressed size of: " << aEntry.nCompressedSize);
         return false;
     }
-
-    getSizeAndCRC( aEntry.nOffset, aEntry.nCompressedSize, &nSize, &nCRC );
-    return ( aEntry.nSize == nSize && aEntry.nCrc == nCRC );
 }
 
 sal_Int32 ZipFile::getCRC( sal_Int64 nOffset, sal_Int64 nSize )