diff --git a/lib/internal/buffer.js b/lib/internal/buffer.js
index 20b22ad5293..dc21fb3e334 100644
--- a/lib/internal/buffer.js
+++ b/lib/internal/buffer.js
@@ -1036,33 +1036,33 @@ function addBufferPrototypeMethods(proto) {
   proto.hexSlice = hexSlice;
   proto.ucs2Slice = ucs2Slice;
   proto.utf8Slice = utf8Slice;
-  proto.asciiWrite = function(string, offset = 0, length = this.byteLength) {
+  proto.asciiWrite = function(string, offset = 0, length = this.byteLength - offset) {
     if (offset < 0 || offset > this.byteLength) {
       throw new ERR_BUFFER_OUT_OF_BOUNDS('offset');
     }
-    if (length < 0) {
+    if (length < 0 || length > this.byteLength - offset) {
       throw new ERR_BUFFER_OUT_OF_BOUNDS('length');
     }
     return asciiWriteStatic(this, string, offset, length);
   };
   proto.base64Write = base64Write;
   proto.base64urlWrite = base64urlWrite;
-  proto.latin1Write = function(string, offset = 0, length = this.byteLength) {
+  proto.latin1Write = function(string, offset = 0, length = this.byteLength - offset) {
     if (offset < 0 || offset > this.byteLength) {
       throw new ERR_BUFFER_OUT_OF_BOUNDS('offset');
     }
-    if (length < 0) {
+    if (length < 0 || length > this.byteLength - offset) {
       throw new ERR_BUFFER_OUT_OF_BOUNDS('length');
     }
     return latin1WriteStatic(this, string, offset, length);
   };
   proto.hexWrite = hexWrite;
   proto.ucs2Write = ucs2Write;
-  proto.utf8Write = function(string, offset = 0, length = this.byteLength) {
+  proto.utf8Write = function(string, offset = 0, length = this.byteLength - offset) {
     if (offset < 0 || offset > this.byteLength) {
       throw new ERR_BUFFER_OUT_OF_BOUNDS('offset');
     }
-    if (length < 0) {
+    if (length < 0 || length > this.byteLength - offset) {
       throw new ERR_BUFFER_OUT_OF_BOUNDS('length');
     }
     return utf8WriteStatic(this, string, offset, length);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-buffer-write.js b/test/parallel/test-buffer-write.js
index 309367c9c75..81076629b1d 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-buffer-write.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-buffer-write.js
@@ -121,3 +121,16 @@ assert.throws(() => {
 }, common.expectsError({
   code: 'ERR_BUFFER_OUT_OF_BOUNDS',
 }));
+
+
+assert.throws(() => {
+  Buffer.alloc(1).asciiWrite('ww', 0, 2);
+}, common.expectsError({
+  code: 'ERR_BUFFER_OUT_OF_BOUNDS',
+}));
+
+assert.throws(() => {
+  Buffer.alloc(1).asciiWrite('ww', 1, 1);
+}, common.expectsError({
+  code: 'ERR_BUFFER_OUT_OF_BOUNDS',
+}));