diff --git a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
index 83f143676..fac3e9e46 100644
--- a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
@@ -2222,3 +2222,51 @@ void CheckBufferOverrun::arrayIndexThenCheckError(const Token *tok, const std::s
                 "Reorder conditions such as '(a[i] && i < 10)' to '(i < 10 && a[i])'. That way the array will "
                 "not be accessed if the index is out of limits.");
 }
+
+// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Check the second and the third parameter of the POSIX function write and validate
+// their values.
+// The parameters have the following meaning:
+// - 1.parameter: file descripter (not required for this check)
+// - 2.parameter: is a null terminated character string of the content to write.
+// - 3.parameter: the number of bytes to write.
+//
+// This check is triggered if the size of the string ( 2. parameter) is lower than
+// the number of bytes provided at the 3. parameter.
+//
+// References:
+//  - http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/languages/c/programming-bbrown/c_075.htm
+//  - http://codewiki.wikidot.com/c:system-calls:write
+// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void CheckBufferOverrun::writeOutsideBufferSize()
+{
+    if (!_settings->standards.posix)
+        return;
+
+    const SymbolDatabase* symbolDatabase = _tokenizer->getSymbolDatabase();
+    const std::size_t functions = symbolDatabase->functionScopes.size();
+    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < functions; ++i) {
+        const Scope * scope = symbolDatabase->functionScopes[i];
+        for (const Token *tok = scope->classStart; tok && tok != scope->classEnd; tok = tok->next()) {
+            if (Token::Match(tok, "pwrite|write ( %any% , %str% , %num%")) {
+                const std::string functionName(tok->str());
+                tok = tok->tokAt(4); // set tokenptr to %str% parameter
+                const std::size_t stringLength = Token::getStrLength(tok);
+                tok = tok->tokAt(2); // set tokenptr to %num% parameter
+                const MathLib::bigint writeLength = MathLib::toLongNumber(tok->str());
+                if (static_cast<unsigned long int>(writeLength) > stringLength)
+                    writeOutsideBufferSizeError(tok, stringLength, writeLength,functionName);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void CheckBufferOverrun::writeOutsideBufferSizeError(const Token *tok, const std::size_t stringLength, const MathLib::bigint writeLength, const std::string &strFunctionName)
+{
+    reportError(tok, Severity::error, "writeOutsideBufferSize",
+                "Writing '" +MathLib::longToString(writeLength-stringLength)+"' bytes outside buffer size.\n"
+                "The number of bytes to write ('" +MathLib::longToString(writeLength)+ "' bytes) are bigger than the source buffer ('" +MathLib::longToString(stringLength)+ "' bytes)."
+                " Please check the second and the third parameter of the function '"+strFunctionName+"'.");
+}
+// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.h b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.h
index e6ea30bc5..3909a175d 100644
--- a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.h
+++ b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.h
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ public:
 
         /** ExecutionPath checking.. */
         checkBufferOverrun.executionPaths();
+        checkBufferOverrun.writeOutsideBufferSize();
     }
 
     /** @brief %Check for buffer overruns */
@@ -78,6 +79,9 @@ public:
     /** @brief %Check for buffer overruns by inspecting execution paths */
     void executionPaths();
 
+    /** @brief %Check using POSIX write function and writing outside buffer size */
+    void writeOutsideBufferSize();
+
     /**
      * @brief Get minimum length of format string result
      * @param input_string format string
@@ -229,6 +233,7 @@ private:
     void possibleBufferOverrunError(const Token *tok, const std::string &src, const std::string &dst, bool cat);
     void possibleReadlinkBufferOverrunError(const Token *tok, const std::string &funcname, const std::string &varname);
     void argumentSizeError(const Token *tok, const std::string &functionName, const std::string &varname);
+    void writeOutsideBufferSizeError(const Token *tok, const std::size_t stringLength, const MathLib::bigint writeLength, const std::string& functionName);
 
 public:
     void getErrorMessages(ErrorLogger *errorLogger, const Settings *settings) const {
@@ -249,6 +254,7 @@ public:
         c.possibleBufferOverrunError(0, "source", "destination", false);
         c.possibleReadlinkBufferOverrunError(0, "readlink", "buffer");
         c.argumentSizeError(0, "function", "array");
+        c.writeOutsideBufferSizeError(0,2,3,"write");
     }
 private:
 
diff --git a/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp b/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp
index e13b2280f..699e95e4c 100644
--- a/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp
+++ b/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ private:
         checkBufferOverrun.bufferOverrun();
         checkBufferOverrun.negativeIndex();
         checkBufferOverrun.arrayIndexThenCheck();
+        checkBufferOverrun.writeOutsideBufferSize();
     }
 
     void run() {
@@ -252,6 +253,8 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(bufferNotZeroTerminated);
         TEST_CASE(readlink);
         TEST_CASE(readlinkat);
+
+        TEST_CASE(writeOutsideBufferSize)
     }
 
 
@@ -4090,6 +4093,18 @@ private:
               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
+
+    void writeOutsideBufferSize() {
+        check("void f(void){\n"
+              "write(1, \"Dump string \\n\", 100);\n"
+              "}");                       // ^ number of bytes too big
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2]: (error) Writing '87' bytes outside buffer size.\n", errout.str());
+
+        check("void f(void){\n"
+              "write(1, \"Dump string \\n\", 10);\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
 };
 
 REGISTER_TEST(TestBufferOverrun)