diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Ods.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Ods.php
index 5fa253b1e..08fb4f19a 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Ods.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Ods.php
@@ -339,11 +339,7 @@ class Ods extends BaseReader
         // Styles
 
         $this->allStyles = $this->numberFormats = [];
-        $dom = new DOMDocument('1.01', 'UTF-8');
-        $dom->loadXML(
-            $this->getSecurityScannerOrThrow()
-                ->scan($zip->getFromName('styles.xml'))
-        );
+        $dom = $this->loadDom('styles.xml', $zip);
         $officeNs = (string) $dom->lookupNamespaceUri('office');
         $styleNs = (string) $dom->lookupNamespaceUri('style');
         $fontNs = (string) $dom->lookupNamespaceUri('fo');
@@ -409,11 +405,7 @@ class Ods extends BaseReader
 
         // Main Content
 
-        $dom = new DOMDocument('1.01', 'UTF-8');
-        $dom->loadXML(
-            $this->getSecurityScannerOrThrow()
-                ->scan($zip->getFromName(self::INITIAL_FILE))
-        );
+        $dom = $this->loadDom(self::INITIAL_FILE, $zip);
 
         $pageSettings->readStyleCrossReferences($dom);
 
@@ -1428,11 +1420,7 @@ class Ods extends BaseReader
 
     private function processSettings(ZipArchive $zip, Spreadsheet $spreadsheet): void
     {
-        $dom = new DOMDocument('1.01', 'UTF-8');
-        $dom->loadXML(
-            $this->getSecurityScannerOrThrow()
-                ->scan($zip->getFromName('settings.xml'))
-        );
+        $dom = $this->loadDom('settings.xml', $zip);
         $configNs = (string) $dom->lookupNamespaceUri('config');
         $officeNs = (string) $dom->lookupNamespaceUri('office');
         $settings = $dom->getElementsByTagNameNS($officeNs, 'settings')
@@ -1869,4 +1857,31 @@ class Ods extends BaseReader
             }
         }
     }
+
+    private function loadDom(string $file, ZipArchive $zip): DOMDocument
+    {
+        $dom = new DOMDocument('1.01', 'UTF-8');
+        $orig = false;
+
+        try {
+            $orig = libxml_use_internal_errors(true);
+            $result = $dom->loadXML(
+                $this->getSecurityScannerOrThrow()
+                    ->scan($zip->getFromName($file))
+            );
+            if ($result === false) {
+                $fatal = false;
+                foreach (libxml_get_errors() as $err) {
+                    if ($err->level === LIBXML_ERR_FATAL) {
+                        throw new Exception($err->message);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        } finally {
+            libxml_clear_errors();
+            libxml_use_internal_errors($orig);
+        }
+
+        return $dom;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/Ods/BadXmlTest.php b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/Ods/BadXmlTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0964d733b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/Ods/BadXmlTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheetTests\Reader\Ods;
+
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Exception as ReaderException;
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Ods as OdsReader;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+class BadXmlTest extends TestCase
+{
+    private const DIRECTORY = 'tests/data/Reader/Ods/';
+
+    public function testBadStyle(): void
+    {
+        $this->expectException(ReaderException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Opening and ending tag mismatch');
+        $fileName = self::DIRECTORY . 'badstyle.ods';
+        $reader = new OdsReader();
+        $reader->load($fileName);
+    }
+
+    public function testBadContent(): void
+    {
+        $this->expectException(ReaderException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Opening and ending tag mismatch');
+        $fileName = self::DIRECTORY . 'badcontent.ods';
+        $reader = new OdsReader();
+        $reader->load($fileName);
+    }
+
+    public function testBadSettings(): void
+    {
+        $this->expectException(ReaderException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Premature end of data');
+        $fileName = self::DIRECTORY . 'badsettings.ods';
+        $reader = new OdsReader();
+        $reader->load($fileName);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/data/Reader/Ods/badcontent.ods b/tests/data/Reader/Ods/badcontent.ods
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diff --git a/tests/data/Reader/Ods/badsettings.ods b/tests/data/Reader/Ods/badsettings.ods
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diff --git a/tests/data/Reader/Ods/badstyle.ods b/tests/data/Reader/Ods/badstyle.ods
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