diff --git a/esp-ieee802154/CHANGELOG.md b/esp-ieee802154/CHANGELOG.md
index 390b351dd12..48aa0fa47e5 100644
--- a/esp-ieee802154/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/esp-ieee802154/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added
 
+- Added additional checks to prevent various array access panics while processing frames
 - Added range check to avoid panic when indexing into RX_BUFFER slice
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/esp-ieee802154/src/frame.rs b/esp-ieee802154/src/frame.rs
index 756b1763d0c..d855777648c 100644
--- a/esp-ieee802154/src/frame.rs
+++ b/esp-ieee802154/src/frame.rs
@@ -37,9 +37,15 @@ pub struct ReceivedFrame {
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn frame_is_ack_required(frame: &[u8]) -> bool {
+    if frame.len() <= FRAME_AR_OFFSET {
+        return false;
+    }
     (frame[FRAME_AR_OFFSET] & FRAME_AR_BIT) != 0
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn frame_get_version(frame: &[u8]) -> u8 {
+    if frame.len() <= FRAME_VERSION_OFFSET {
+        return 0;
+    }
     frame[FRAME_VERSION_OFFSET] & FRAME_VERSION_MASK
 }
diff --git a/esp-ieee802154/src/lib.rs b/esp-ieee802154/src/lib.rs
index b4f1d7bb27e..90d05c4590e 100644
--- a/esp-ieee802154/src/lib.rs
+++ b/esp-ieee802154/src/lib.rs
@@ -159,12 +159,21 @@ impl<'a> Ieee802154<'a> {
     /// Get a received frame, if available
     pub fn get_received(&mut self) -> Option<Result<ReceivedFrame, Error>> {
         if let Some(raw) = ieee802154_poll() {
-            let maybe_decoded =
-                mac::Frame::try_read(&raw.data[1..][..raw.data[0] as usize], FooterMode::Explicit);
+            let maybe_decoded = if raw.data[0] as usize > raw.data.len() {
+                // try to decode up to data.len()
+                mac::Frame::try_read(&raw.data[1..][..raw.data.len()], FooterMode::Explicit)
+            } else {
+                mac::Frame::try_read(&raw.data[1..][..raw.data[0] as usize], FooterMode::Explicit)
+            };
 
             let result = match maybe_decoded {
                 Ok((decoded, _)) => {
-                    let rssi = raw.data[raw.data[0] as usize - 1] as i8; // crc is not written to rx buffer
+                    // crc is not written to rx buffer
+                    let rssi = if raw.data[0] as usize > raw.data.len() {
+                        raw.data[raw.data.len() - 1] as i8
+                    } else {
+                        raw.data[raw.data[0] as usize - 1] as i8
+                    };
 
                     Ok(ReceivedFrame {
                         frame: Frame {
diff --git a/esp-ieee802154/src/raw.rs b/esp-ieee802154/src/raw.rs
index 93d7dedbcaa..ebea31c54a5 100644
--- a/esp-ieee802154/src/raw.rs
+++ b/esp-ieee802154/src/raw.rs
@@ -19,13 +19,17 @@ use esp_wifi_sys::include::{
 use heapless::spsc::Queue;
 
 use crate::{
-    frame::{frame_get_version, frame_is_ack_required, FRAME_VERSION_1, FRAME_VERSION_2},
+    frame::{
+        frame_get_version,
+        frame_is_ack_required,
+        FRAME_SIZE,
+        FRAME_VERSION_1,
+        FRAME_VERSION_2,
+    },
     hal::*,
     pib::*,
 };
 
-pub(crate) const FRAME_SIZE: usize = 129;
-
 const PHY_ENABLE_VERSION_PRINT: u32 = 1;
 
 static mut RX_BUFFER: [u8; FRAME_SIZE] = [0u8; FRAME_SIZE];
@@ -391,9 +395,9 @@ fn ZB_MAC() {
                     log::warn!("Receive queue full");
                 }
 
-                let frm = if RX_BUFFER[0] > FRAME_SIZE as u8 {
+                let frm = if RX_BUFFER[0] >= FRAME_SIZE as u8 {
                     log::warn!("RX_BUFFER[0] {:} is larger than frame size", RX_BUFFER[0]);
-                    &RX_BUFFER[1..][..FRAME_SIZE]
+                    &RX_BUFFER[1..][..FRAME_SIZE - 1]
                 } else {
                     &RX_BUFFER[1..][..RX_BUFFER[0] as usize]
                 };