diff --git a/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py b/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
index 05a89e7705e..bba2eeb8877 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
@@ -318,6 +318,10 @@ class ExceptionTests(unittest.TestCase):
         check('(yield i) = 2', 1, 2)
         check('def f(*):\n  pass', 1, 7)
 
+    def testMemoryErrorBigSource(self):
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(OverflowError, "column offset overflow"):
+            exec(f"if True:\n {' ' * 2**31}print('hello world')")
+
     @cpython_only
     def testSettingException(self):
         # test that setting an exception at the C level works even if the
diff --git a/Parser/pegen_errors.c b/Parser/pegen_errors.c
index 2baae5289b5..15e99e23d84 100644
--- a/Parser/pegen_errors.c
+++ b/Parser/pegen_errors.c
@@ -235,6 +235,12 @@ _PyPegen_raise_error(Parser *p, PyObject *errtype, int use_mark, const char *err
             col_offset = 0;
         } else {
             const char* start = p->tok->buf  ? p->tok->line_start : p->tok->buf;
+            if (p->tok->cur - start > INT_MAX) {
+                PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError,
+                    "Parser column offset overflow - source line is too big");
+                p->error_indicator = 1;
+                return NULL;
+            }
             col_offset = Py_SAFE_DOWNCAST(p->tok->cur - start, intptr_t, int);
         }
     } else {