1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/pickle.py b/Lib/pickle.py
index e81a379..161c2e9 100644
--- a/Lib/pickle.py
+++ b/Lib/pickle.py
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ class _Unpickler:
         rep = orig[:-1]
         for q in (b'"', b"'"): # double or single quote
             if rep.startswith(q):
-                if not rep.endswith(q):
+                if len(rep) < 2 or not rep.endswith(q):
                     raise ValueError("insecure string pickle")
                 rep = rep[len(q):-len(q)]
                 break