diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_variables.c b/src/http/ngx_http_variables.c
index c65de358e..eaf294a12 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_variables.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_variables.c
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ ngx_http_get_variable(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_str_t *name, ngx_uint_t key)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    if (ngx_strncmp(name->data, "http_", 5) == 0) {
+    if (name->len >= 5 && ngx_strncmp(name->data, "http_", 5) == 0) {
 
         if (ngx_http_variable_unknown_header_in(r, vv, (uintptr_t) name)
             == NGX_OK)
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ ngx_http_get_variable(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_str_t *name, ngx_uint_t key)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    if (ngx_strncmp(name->data, "sent_http_", 10) == 0) {
+    if (name->len >= 10 && ngx_strncmp(name->data, "sent_http_", 10) == 0) {
 
         if (ngx_http_variable_unknown_header_out(r, vv, (uintptr_t) name)
             == NGX_OK)
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ ngx_http_get_variable(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_str_t *name, ngx_uint_t key)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    if (ngx_strncmp(name->data, "upstream_http_", 14) == 0) {
+    if (name->len >= 14 && ngx_strncmp(name->data, "upstream_http_", 14) == 0) {
 
         if (ngx_http_upstream_header_variable(r, vv, (uintptr_t) name)
             == NGX_OK)
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ ngx_http_get_variable(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_str_t *name, ngx_uint_t key)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    if (ngx_strncmp(name->data, "cookie_", 7) == 0) {
+    if (name->len >= 7 && ngx_strncmp(name->data, "cookie_", 7) == 0) {
 
         if (ngx_http_variable_cookie(r, vv, (uintptr_t) name) == NGX_OK) {
             return vv;
@@ -617,7 +617,9 @@ ngx_http_get_variable(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_str_t *name, ngx_uint_t key)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    if (ngx_strncmp(name->data, "upstream_cookie_", 16) == 0) {
+    if (name->len >= 16
+        && ngx_strncmp(name->data, "upstream_cookie_", 16) == 0)
+    {
 
         if (ngx_http_upstream_cookie_variable(r, vv, (uintptr_t) name)
             == NGX_OK)
@@ -628,7 +630,7 @@ ngx_http_get_variable(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_str_t *name, ngx_uint_t key)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    if (ngx_strncmp(name->data, "arg_", 4) == 0) {
+    if (name->len >= 4 && ngx_strncmp(name->data, "arg_", 4) == 0) {
 
         if (ngx_http_variable_argument(r, vv, (uintptr_t) name) == NGX_OK) {
             return vv;
@@ -2535,21 +2537,27 @@ ngx_http_variables_init_vars(ngx_conf_t *cf)
             }
         }
 
-        if (ngx_strncmp(v[i].name.data, "http_", 5) == 0) {
+        if (v[i].name.len >= 5
+            && ngx_strncmp(v[i].name.data, "http_", 5) == 0)
+        {
             v[i].get_handler = ngx_http_variable_unknown_header_in;
             v[i].data = (uintptr_t) &v[i].name;
 
             continue;
         }
 
-        if (ngx_strncmp(v[i].name.data, "sent_http_", 10) == 0) {
+        if (v[i].name.len >= 10
+            && ngx_strncmp(v[i].name.data, "sent_http_", 10) == 0)
+        {
             v[i].get_handler = ngx_http_variable_unknown_header_out;
             v[i].data = (uintptr_t) &v[i].name;
 
             continue;
         }
 
-        if (ngx_strncmp(v[i].name.data, "upstream_http_", 14) == 0) {
+        if (v[i].name.len >= 14
+            && ngx_strncmp(v[i].name.data, "upstream_http_", 14) == 0)
+        {
             v[i].get_handler = ngx_http_upstream_header_variable;
             v[i].data = (uintptr_t) &v[i].name;
             v[i].flags = NGX_HTTP_VAR_NOCACHEABLE;
@@ -2557,14 +2565,18 @@ ngx_http_variables_init_vars(ngx_conf_t *cf)
             continue;
         }
 
-        if (ngx_strncmp(v[i].name.data, "cookie_", 7) == 0) {
+        if (v[i].name.len >= 7
+            && ngx_strncmp(v[i].name.data, "cookie_", 7) == 0)
+        {
             v[i].get_handler = ngx_http_variable_cookie;
             v[i].data = (uintptr_t) &v[i].name;
 
             continue;
         }
 
-        if (ngx_strncmp(v[i].name.data, "upstream_cookie_", 16) == 0) {
+        if (v[i].name.len >= 16
+            && ngx_strncmp(v[i].name.data, "upstream_cookie_", 16) == 0)
+        {
             v[i].get_handler = ngx_http_upstream_cookie_variable;
             v[i].data = (uintptr_t) &v[i].name;
             v[i].flags = NGX_HTTP_VAR_NOCACHEABLE;
@@ -2572,7 +2584,9 @@ ngx_http_variables_init_vars(ngx_conf_t *cf)
             continue;
         }
 
-        if (ngx_strncmp(v[i].name.data, "arg_", 4) == 0) {
+        if (v[i].name.len >= 4
+            && ngx_strncmp(v[i].name.data, "arg_", 4) == 0)
+        {
             v[i].get_handler = ngx_http_variable_argument;
             v[i].data = (uintptr_t) &v[i].name;
             v[i].flags = NGX_HTTP_VAR_NOCACHEABLE;