diff --git a/accounts/abi/abigen/bindv2.go b/accounts/abi/abigen/bindv2.go
index ef4b769bb4..ad5b8a6aea 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/abigen/bindv2.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/abigen/bindv2.go
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ func BindV2(types []string, abis []string, bytecodes []string, pkg string, libs
 		"bindtopictype":      bindTopicType,
 		"capitalise":         abi.ToCamelCase,
 		"decapitalise":       decapitalise,
+		"hasErrors":          hasErrors,
 		"ispointertype":      isPointerType,
 		"underlyingbindtype": underlyingBindType,
 	}
@@ -371,3 +372,12 @@ func BindV2(types []string, abis []string, bytecodes []string, pkg string, libs
 	}
 	return string(code), nil
 }
+
+func hasErrors(contracts map[string]*tmplContractV2) bool {
+	for _, contract := range contracts {
+		if len(contract.Errors) > 0 {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/accounts/abi/abigen/source2.go.tpl b/accounts/abi/abigen/source2.go.tpl
index 9285497511..deaa3fa044 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/abigen/source2.go.tpl
+++ b/accounts/abi/abigen/source2.go.tpl
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 package {{.Package}}
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
+	"bytes"{{if hasErrors .Contracts}}
+	"fmt"{{end}}
 	"math/big"
 	"errors"
 
@@ -16,7 +17,8 @@ import (
 
 // Reference imports to suppress errors if they are not otherwise used.
 var (
-	_ = bytes.Equal
+	_ = bytes.Equal{{if hasErrors .Contracts}}
+	_ = fmt.Sprintf{{end}}
 	_ = errors.New
 	_ = big.NewInt
 	_ = common.Big1
@@ -218,6 +220,9 @@ var (
 	// UnpackError attempts to decode the provided error data using user-defined
 	// error definitions.
 	func ({{ decapitalise $contract.Type}} *{{$contract.Type}}) UnpackError(raw []byte) (any, error) {
+		if len(raw) < 4 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("insufficient error data: have %d, want at least 4", len(raw))
+		}
 		{{- range $k, $v := .Errors}}
 		if bytes.Equal(raw[:4], {{ decapitalise $contract.Type}}.abi.Errors["{{.Normalized.Name}}"].ID.Bytes()[:4]) {
 			return {{ decapitalise $contract.Type}}.Unpack{{.Normalized.Name}}Error(raw[4:])
diff --git a/accounts/abi/bind/v2/internal/contracts/solc_errors/bindings.go b/accounts/abi/bind/v2/internal/contracts/solc_errors/bindings.go
index 12d8b7f3e9..7acdcdb9c9 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/v2/internal/contracts/solc_errors/bindings.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/v2/internal/contracts/solc_errors/bindings.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package solc_errors
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts/abi"
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 // Reference imports to suppress errors if they are not otherwise used.
 var (
 	_ = bytes.Equal
+	_ = fmt.Sprintf
 	_ = errors.New
 	_ = big.NewInt
 	_ = common.Big1
@@ -103,6 +105,9 @@ func (c *C) TryPackFoo() ([]byte, error) {
 // UnpackError attempts to decode the provided error data using user-defined
 // error definitions.
 func (c *C) UnpackError(raw []byte) (any, error) {
+	if len(raw) < 4 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("insufficient error data: have %d, want at least 4", len(raw))
+	}
 	if bytes.Equal(raw[:4], c.abi.Errors["BadThing"].ID.Bytes()[:4]) {
 		return c.UnpackBadThingError(raw[4:])
 	}
@@ -223,6 +228,9 @@ func (c2 *C2) TryPackFoo() ([]byte, error) {
 // UnpackError attempts to decode the provided error data using user-defined
 // error definitions.
 func (c2 *C2) UnpackError(raw []byte) (any, error) {
+	if len(raw) < 4 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("insufficient error data: have %d, want at least 4", len(raw))
+	}
 	if bytes.Equal(raw[:4], c2.abi.Errors["BadThing"].ID.Bytes()[:4]) {
 		return c2.UnpackBadThingError(raw[4:])
 	}
diff --git a/accounts/abi/bind/v2/lib_test.go b/accounts/abi/bind/v2/lib_test.go
index 9903dbbc21..dd3f7e9119 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/v2/lib_test.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/v2/lib_test.go
@@ -368,6 +368,32 @@ func TestErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestUnpackErrorRejectsMalformedData(t *testing.T) {
+	c := solc_errors.NewC()
+	selector := solc_errors.CBadThingErrorID()
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		raw  []byte
+		want string
+	}{
+		{"nil data", nil, "insufficient error data: have 0, want at least 4"},
+		{"short data", []byte{1, 2, 3}, "insufficient error data: have 3, want at least 4"},
+		{"unknown selector", []byte{0, 1, 2, 3}, "Unknown error"},
+		{"known selector with malformed payload", append(append([]byte{}, selector[:4]...), 0), ""},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			_, err := c.UnpackError(tt.raw)
+			if err == nil {
+				t.Fatal("expected an error")
+			}
+			if tt.want != "" && err.Error() != tt.want {
+				t.Fatalf("error: got %q, want %q", err, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestEventUnpackEmptyTopics(t *testing.T) {
 	c := events.NewC()