diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7dbd6504689..da20185a61e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 
 - DOM:
   . Fix registerNodeClass with abstract class crashing. (nielsdos)
+  . Add missing NULL pointer error check. (icy17)
 
 - Fiber:
   . Fixed bug GH-11121 (ReflectionFiber segfault). (danog, trowski, bwoebi)
@@ -25,8 +26,8 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
     upgrading to 8.1.3 due to corrupt on-disk file cache). (turchanov)
 
 - OpenSSL:
-  Fixed bug GH-12489 (Missing sigbio creation checking in openssl_cms_verify).
-  (Jakub Zelenka)
+  . Fixed bug GH-12489 (Missing sigbio creation checking in openssl_cms_verify).
+    (Jakub Zelenka)
 
 - SOAP:
   . Fixed bug GH-12392 (Segmentation fault on SoapClient::__getTypes).
@@ -42,6 +43,12 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fixed bug #75708 (getimagesize with "&$imageinfo" fails on StreamWrappers).
     (Jakub Zelenka)
 
+- XMLReader:
+  . Add missing NULL pointer error check. (icy17)
+
+- XMLWriter:
+  . Add missing NULL pointer error check. (icy17)
+
 - XSL:
   . Add missing module dependency. (nielsdos)
 
diff --git a/ext/dom/document.c b/ext/dom/document.c
index 38bb4553a11..59f00897a69 100644
--- a/ext/dom/document.c
+++ b/ext/dom/document.c
@@ -1148,6 +1148,9 @@ char *_dom_get_valid_file_path(char *source, char *resolved_path, int resolved_p
 	int isFileUri = 0;
 
 	uri = xmlCreateURI();
+	if (uri == NULL) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	escsource = xmlURIEscapeStr((xmlChar *) source, (xmlChar *) ":");
 	xmlParseURIReference(uri, (char *) escsource);
 	xmlFree(escsource);
diff --git a/ext/xmlreader/php_xmlreader.c b/ext/xmlreader/php_xmlreader.c
index 5a450a6a820..3f88f758ba7 100644
--- a/ext/xmlreader/php_xmlreader.c
+++ b/ext/xmlreader/php_xmlreader.c
@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ char *_xmlreader_get_valid_file_path(char *source, char *resolved_path, int reso
 	int isFileUri = 0;
 
 	uri = xmlCreateURI();
+	if (uri == NULL) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	escsource = xmlURIEscapeStr((xmlChar *)source, (xmlChar *)":");
 	xmlParseURIReference(uri, (const char *)escsource);
 	xmlFree(escsource);
diff --git a/ext/xmlwriter/php_xmlwriter.c b/ext/xmlwriter/php_xmlwriter.c
index 68961429dea..df5bbe35554 100644
--- a/ext/xmlwriter/php_xmlwriter.c
+++ b/ext/xmlwriter/php_xmlwriter.c
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ static char *_xmlwriter_get_valid_file_path(char *source, char *resolved_path, i
 	int isFileUri = 0;
 
 	uri = xmlCreateURI();
+	if (uri == NULL) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	escsource = xmlURIEscapeStr((xmlChar *)source, (xmlChar *) ":");
 	xmlParseURIReference(uri, (char *)escsource);
 	xmlFree(escsource);