diff --git a/pkg/core/transaction/attribute_test.go b/pkg/core/transaction/attribute_test.go
index 935746422..6857dc08d 100644
--- a/pkg/core/transaction/attribute_test.go
+++ b/pkg/core/transaction/attribute_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/internal/random"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/internal/testserdes"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/io"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
@@ -61,13 +63,25 @@ func TestAttribute_EncodeBinary(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	})
 	t.Run("Conflicts", func(t *testing.T) {
-		attr := &Attribute{
-			Type: ConflictsT,
-			Value: &Conflicts{
-				Hash: random.Uint256(),
-			},
-		}
-		testserdes.EncodeDecodeBinary(t, attr, new(Attribute))
+		t.Run("positive", func(t *testing.T) {
+			attr := &Attribute{
+				Type: ConflictsT,
+				Value: &Conflicts{
+					Hash: random.Uint256(),
+				},
+			}
+			testserdes.EncodeDecodeBinary(t, attr, new(Attribute))
+		})
+		t.Run("negative: too long", func(t *testing.T) {
+			bw := io.NewBufBinWriter()
+			bw.WriteVarBytes(make([]byte, util.Uint256Size+1))
+			require.Error(t, testserdes.DecodeBinary(bw.Bytes(), new(Conflicts)))
+		})
+		t.Run("negative: bad uint256", func(t *testing.T) {
+			bw := io.NewBufBinWriter()
+			bw.WriteVarBytes(make([]byte, util.Uint256Size-1))
+			require.Error(t, testserdes.DecodeBinary(bw.Bytes(), new(Conflicts)))
+		})
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/core/transaction/conflicts.go b/pkg/core/transaction/conflicts.go
index 235ed3341..daef11724 100644
--- a/pkg/core/transaction/conflicts.go
+++ b/pkg/core/transaction/conflicts.go
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ type Conflicts struct {
 
 // DecodeBinary implements io.Serializable interface.
 func (c *Conflicts) DecodeBinary(br *io.BinReader) {
-	hash, err := util.Uint256DecodeBytesBE(br.ReadVarBytes(util.Uint256Size))
+	bytes := br.ReadVarBytes(util.Uint256Size)
+	if br.Err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	hash, err := util.Uint256DecodeBytesBE(bytes)
 	if err != nil {
 		br.Err = err
 		return