diff --git a/ext/bcmath/libbcmath/src/div.c b/ext/bcmath/libbcmath/src/div.c
index 35ca450ceb78c..1ed870da3691d 100644
--- a/ext/bcmath/libbcmath/src/div.c
+++ b/ext/bcmath/libbcmath/src/div.c
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ bool bc_divide(bc_num numerator, bc_num divisor, bc_num *quot, size_t scale)
 			numerator_bottom_extension -= scale_diff;
 		} else {
 			numerator_bottom_extension = 0;
-			numeratorend -= scale_diff - numerator_bottom_extension;
+			numeratorend -= scale_diff > numerator_top_extension ? scale_diff - numerator_top_extension : 0;
 		}
 	} else {
 		numerator_bottom_extension += scale - numerator_scale;
diff --git a/ext/bcmath/tests/gh16262.phpt b/ext/bcmath/tests/gh16262.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e932bae2301ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/bcmath/tests/gh16262.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+--TEST--
+GH-16262 Stack buffer overflow in ext/bcmath/libbcmath/src/div.c:459
+--EXTENSIONS--
+bcmath
+--INI--
+bcmath.scale=0
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$scales = [
+    null,
+    0,
+    1,
+    2,
+    3,
+    4,
+    5,
+];
+foreach ($scales as $scale) {
+    echo '========== scale: ', $scale ?? 'null', " ==========\n";
+    echo "1 / 1000:\n";
+    var_dump(
+        bcdiv('1', '1000', $scale),
+        (new BcMath\Number('1'))->div('1000', $scale),
+    );
+    echo "1 / 2000:\n";
+    var_dump(
+        bcdiv('1', '2000', $scale),
+        (new BcMath\Number('1'))->div('2000', $scale),
+    );
+    echo "\n";
+}
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+========== scale: null ==========
+1 / 1000:
+string(1) "0"
+object(BcMath\Number)#2 (2) {
+  ["value"]=>
+  string(5) "0.001"
+  ["scale"]=>
+  int(3)
+}
+1 / 2000:
+string(1) "0"
+object(BcMath\Number)#1 (2) {
+  ["value"]=>
+  string(6) "0.0005"
+  ["scale"]=>
+  int(4)
+}
+
+========== scale: 0 ==========
+1 / 1000:
+string(1) "0"
+object(BcMath\Number)#2 (2) {
+  ["value"]=>
+  string(1) "0"
+  ["scale"]=>
+  int(0)
+}
+1 / 2000:
+string(1) "0"
+object(BcMath\Number)#1 (2) {
+  ["value"]=>
+  string(1) "0"
+  ["scale"]=>
+  int(0)
+}
+
+========== scale: 1 ==========
+1 / 1000:
+string(3) "0.0"
+object(BcMath\Number)#2 (2) {
+  ["value"]=>
+  string(3) "0.0"
+  ["scale"]=>
+  int(1)
+}
+1 / 2000:
+string(3) "0.0"
+object(BcMath\Number)#1 (2) {
+  ["value"]=>
+  string(3) "0.0"
+  ["scale"]=>
+  int(1)
+}
+
+========== scale: 2 ==========
+1 / 1000:
+string(4) "0.00"
+object(BcMath\Number)#2 (2) {
+  ["value"]=>
+  string(4) "0.00"
+  ["scale"]=>
+  int(2)
+}
+1 / 2000:
+string(4) "0.00"
+object(BcMath\Number)#1 (2) {
+  ["value"]=>
+  string(4) "0.00"
+  ["scale"]=>
+  int(2)
+}
+
+========== scale: 3 ==========
+1 / 1000:
+string(5) "0.001"
+object(BcMath\Number)#2 (2) {
+  ["value"]=>
+  string(5) "0.001"
+  ["scale"]=>
+  int(3)
+}
+1 / 2000:
+string(5) "0.000"
+object(BcMath\Number)#1 (2) {
+  ["value"]=>
+  string(5) "0.000"
+  ["scale"]=>
+  int(3)
+}
+
+========== scale: 4 ==========
+1 / 1000:
+string(6) "0.0010"
+object(BcMath\Number)#2 (2) {
+  ["value"]=>
+  string(6) "0.0010"
+  ["scale"]=>
+  int(4)
+}
+1 / 2000:
+string(6) "0.0005"
+object(BcMath\Number)#1 (2) {
+  ["value"]=>
+  string(6) "0.0005"
+  ["scale"]=>
+  int(4)
+}
+
+========== scale: 5 ==========
+1 / 1000:
+string(7) "0.00100"
+object(BcMath\Number)#2 (2) {
+  ["value"]=>
+  string(7) "0.00100"
+  ["scale"]=>
+  int(5)
+}
+1 / 2000:
+string(7) "0.00050"
+object(BcMath\Number)#1 (2) {
+  ["value"]=>
+  string(7) "0.00050"
+  ["scale"]=>
+  int(5)
+}