1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/open-uri.rb b/lib/open-uri.rb
index 2b6cd8fd65..64b78b1217 100644
--- a/lib/open-uri.rb
+++ b/lib/open-uri.rb
@@ -330,7 +330,12 @@ module OpenURI
          Net::HTTPFound, # 302
          Net::HTTPSeeOther, # 303
          Net::HTTPTemporaryRedirect # 307
-      throw :open_uri_redirect, URI.parse(resp['location'])
+      begin
+        loc_uri = URI.parse(resp['location'])
+      rescue URI::InvalidURIError
+        raise OpenURI::HTTPError.new(io.status.join(' ') + ' (Invalid Location URI)', io)
+      end
+      throw :open_uri_redirect, loc_uri
     else
       raise OpenURI::HTTPError.new(io.status.join(' '), io)
     end