diff --git a/crates/forms/src/lib.rs b/crates/forms/src/lib.rs
index 8ab308a19..4735474ef 100644
--- a/crates/forms/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/forms/src/lib.rs
@@ -715,8 +715,8 @@ fn walk(
     if let Some(ft) = d.name(b"FT") {
         inh.ft = Some(ft.to_vec());
     }
-    if let Some(ff) = d.get(b"Ff").and_then(|o| doc.resolve(o).as_int()) {
-        inh.ff = Some(ff as u32);
+    if let Some(ff) = field_flags(doc, d) {
+        inh.ff = Some(ff);
     }
     for (k, slot) in [(&b"V"[..], &mut inh.v), (b"DV", &mut inh.dv)] {
         if let Some(v) = d.get(k) {
@@ -812,6 +812,10 @@ fn walk(
     });
 }
 
+fn field_flags(doc: &Document, dict: &Dict) -> Option<u32> {
+    dict.get(b"Ff").and_then(|value| doc.resolve(value).as_int()).and_then(|value| u32::try_from(value).ok())
+}
+
 // ── writing ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 /// Fill the field `name`.
diff --git a/crates/forms/src/tests.rs b/crates/forms/src/tests.rs
index 48f767742..8a40c3665 100644
--- a/crates/forms/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/forms/src/tests.rs
@@ -95,6 +95,28 @@ fn the_field_tree_is_read_with_inheritance() {
     assert_eq!(field(&all, "address.city").quadding, 1);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn field_flags_reject_values_outside_the_unsigned_32_bit_domain() {
+    let objs: Vec<String> = vec![
+        "<< /Type /Catalog /Pages 2 0 R /AcroForm 4 0 R >>".into(),
+        "<< /Type /Pages /Kids [3 0 R] /Count 1 /MediaBox [0 0 600 800] >>".into(),
+        "<< /Type /Page /Parent 2 0 R /Annots [] >>".into(),
+        "<< /Fields [5 0 R 6 0 R 7 0 R 8 0 R 9 0 R] >>".into(),
+        "<< /FT /Btn /T (valid) /Ff 65536 >>".into(),
+        "<< /FT /Btn /T (negative) /Ff -1 >>".into(),
+        "<< /FT /Btn /T (overflow) /Ff 4295032832 >>".into(),
+        "<< /FT /Btn /T (wrong_type) /Ff (65536) >>".into(),
+        "<< /FT /Btn /T (missing) >>".into(),
+    ];
+    let all = fields(&document(&objs));
+    assert_eq!(field(&all, "valid").kind, FieldKind::PushButton);
+    assert_eq!(field(&all, "valid").flags, flags::PUSH_BUTTON);
+    for name in ["negative", "overflow", "wrong_type", "missing"] {
+        assert_eq!(field(&all, name).kind, FieldKind::CheckBox, "{name}");
+        assert_eq!(field(&all, name).flags, 0, "{name}");
+    }
+}
+
 /// Some writers leave every field out of `/Fields` and put the widgets only in the page
 /// annotations: the tree walk alone finds nothing, and Acrobat and the browsers fill them anyway.
 /// The pages' widgets are adopted as fields, after the listed tree fields.