diff --git a/src/core/cff_parser.js b/src/core/cff_parser.js
index 41d009fb9..ad251baeb 100644
--- a/src/core/cff_parser.js
+++ b/src/core/cff_parser.js
@@ -1390,11 +1390,12 @@ class CFFCompiler {
       data: [],
       length: 0,
       add(data) {
-        if (data.length <= 65536) {
-          // The number of arguments is limited, hence we just take 65536 as
-          // limit because it isn't too high or too low.
+        try {
+          // It's possible to exceed the call stack maximum size when trying
+          // to push too much elements.
+          // In case of failure, we fallback to the `concat` method.
           this.data.push(...data);
-        } else {
+        } catch {
           this.data = this.data.concat(data);
         }
         this.length = this.data.length;
diff --git a/test/pdfs/.gitignore b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
index 161997e7c..dafc349b6 100644
--- a/test/pdfs/.gitignore
+++ b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
@@ -598,3 +598,4 @@
 !issue16473.pdf
 !bug1529502.pdf
 !issue16500.pdf
+!issue16538.pdf
diff --git a/test/pdfs/issue16538.pdf b/test/pdfs/issue16538.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..827aafe35
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/pdfs/issue16538.pdf differ
diff --git a/test/test_manifest.json b/test/test_manifest.json
index 4d4bb76d0..17e7c36bb 100644
--- a/test/test_manifest.json
+++ b/test/test_manifest.json
@@ -7713,5 +7713,12 @@
         "value": ["Three", "Five"]
       }
     }
- }
+  },
+  {
+   "id": "issue16538",
+   "file": "pdfs/issue16538.pdf",
+   "md5": "35b691c3a343f4531bd287b001b67a77",
+   "rounds": 1,
+   "type": "eq"
+  }
 ]