diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 7c295099..6cdb43fd 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ### Unreleased
 
+* Fix parsing of out of range floats (very large exponents that lead ot either `0.0` or `Inf`).
+
 ### 2026-03-25 (2.19.3)
 
 * Fix handling of unescaped control characters preceeded by a backslash.
diff --git a/ext/json/ext/parser/parser.c b/ext/json/ext/parser/parser.c
index 38f3a48c..976fbbe7 100644
--- a/ext/json/ext/parser/parser.c
+++ b/ext/json/ext/parser/parser.c
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ NOINLINE(static) VALUE json_decode_large_float(const char *start, long len)
 /* Ruby JSON optimized float decoder using vendored Ryu algorithm
  * Accepts pre-extracted mantissa and exponent from first-pass validation
  */
-static inline VALUE json_decode_float(JSON_ParserConfig *config, uint64_t mantissa, int mantissa_digits, int32_t exponent, bool negative,
+static inline VALUE json_decode_float(JSON_ParserConfig *config, uint64_t mantissa, int mantissa_digits, int64_t exponent, bool negative,
                                           const char *start, const char *end)
 {
     if (RB_UNLIKELY(config->decimal_class)) {
@@ -863,13 +863,21 @@ static inline VALUE json_decode_float(JSON_ParserConfig *config, uint64_t mantis
         return rb_funcallv(config->decimal_class, config->decimal_method_id, 1, &text);
     }
 
+    if (RB_UNLIKELY(exponent > INT32_MAX)) {
+        return CInfinity;
+    }
+
+    if (RB_UNLIKELY(exponent < INT32_MIN)) {
+        return rb_float_new(0.0);
+    }
+
     // Fall back to rb_cstr_to_dbl for potential subnormals (rare edge case)
     // Ryu has rounding issues with subnormals around 1e-310 (< 2.225e-308)
     if (RB_UNLIKELY(mantissa_digits > 17 || mantissa_digits + exponent < -307)) {
         return json_decode_large_float(start, end - start);
     }
 
-    return DBL2NUM(ryu_s2d_from_parts(mantissa, mantissa_digits, exponent, negative));
+    return DBL2NUM(ryu_s2d_from_parts(mantissa, mantissa_digits, (int32_t)exponent, negative));
 }
 
 static inline VALUE json_decode_array(JSON_ParserState *state, JSON_ParserConfig *config, long count)
@@ -1144,7 +1152,7 @@ static inline VALUE json_parse_number(JSON_ParserState *state, JSON_ParserConfig
     const char first_digit = *state->cursor;
 
     // Variables for Ryu optimization - extract digits during parsing
-    int32_t exponent = 0;
+    int64_t exponent = 0;
     int decimal_point_pos = -1;
     uint64_t mantissa = 0;
 
@@ -1188,7 +1196,7 @@ static inline VALUE json_parse_number(JSON_ParserState *state, JSON_ParserConfig
             raise_parse_error_at("invalid number: %s", state, start);
         }
 
-        exponent = negative_exponent ? -((int32_t)abs_exponent) : ((int32_t)abs_exponent);
+        exponent = negative_exponent ? -abs_exponent : abs_exponent;
     }
 
     if (integer) {
diff --git a/test/json/json_ryu_fallback_test.rb b/test/json/json_ryu_fallback_test.rb
index 59ba76d3..dc60067b 100644
--- a/test/json/json_ryu_fallback_test.rb
+++ b/test/json/json_ryu_fallback_test.rb
@@ -166,4 +166,12 @@ def test_invalid_numbers_rejected
       end
     end
   end
+
+  def test_large_exponent_numbers
+    assert_equal Float::INFINITY, JSON.parse("1e4294967296")
+    assert_equal 0.0, JSON.parse("1e-4294967296")
+    assert_equal 0.0, JSON.parse("99999999999999999e-4294967296")
+    assert_equal Float::INFINITY, JSON.parse("1e4294967295")
+    assert_equal Float::INFINITY, JSON.parse("1e4294967297")
+  end
 end