diff --git a/cef_paths2.gypi b/cef_paths2.gypi
index d773a72b6..e4bf1c457 100644
--- a/cef_paths2.gypi
+++ b/cef_paths2.gypi
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
       'libcef_dll/resource.h',
       'libcef_dll/shutdown_checker.cc',
       'libcef_dll/shutdown_checker.h',
+      'libcef_dll/template_util.h',
       'libcef_dll/transfer_util.cc',
       'libcef_dll/transfer_util.h',
       'libcef_dll/wrapper_types.h',
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@
       'libcef_dll/ctocpp/ctocpp_scoped.h',
       'libcef_dll/shutdown_checker.cc',
       'libcef_dll/shutdown_checker.h',
+      'libcef_dll/template_util.h',
       'libcef_dll/transfer_util.cc',
       'libcef_dll/transfer_util.h',
       'libcef_dll/wrapper_types.h',
diff --git a/include/base/cef_template_util.h b/include/base/cef_template_util.h
index 02e2ead06..78a0ebcc0 100644
--- a/include/base/cef_template_util.h
+++ b/include/base/cef_template_util.h
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ template <typename T>
 struct SupportsToString<T, decltype(void(std::declval<T>().ToString()))>
     : std::true_type {};
 
-// Used to detech whether the given type is an iterator.  This is normally used
+// Used to detect whether the given type is an iterator.  This is normally used
 // with std::enable_if to provide disambiguation for functions that take
 // templatzed iterators as input.
 template <typename T, typename = void>
diff --git a/libcef_dll/template_util.h b/libcef_dll/template_util.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4749f2c56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcef_dll/template_util.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2022 The Chromium Embedded Framework Authors. All rights
+// reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that
+// can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#ifndef CEF_LIBCEF_DLL_TEMPLATE_UTIL_H_
+#define CEF_LIBCEF_DLL_TEMPLATE_UTIL_H_
+#pragma once
+
+#include <type_traits>
+
+namespace template_util {
+
+// Used to detect whether the given C struct has a size_t size field or has a
+// base field and a base field has a size field.
+template <typename T, typename = void>
+struct HasValidSize {
+  bool operator()(const T*) { return true; }
+};
+template <typename T>
+struct HasValidSize<
+    T,
+    typename std::enable_if_t<std::is_same<decltype(T::size), size_t>::value>> {
+  bool operator()(const T* s) { return s->size == sizeof(*s); }
+};
+template <typename T>
+struct HasValidSize<T, decltype(void(T::base.size))> {
+  bool operator()(const T* s) { return s->base.size == sizeof(*s); }
+};
+
+template <typename T>
+inline bool has_valid_size(const T* s) {
+  return HasValidSize<T>()(s);
+}
+
+}  // namespace template_util
+
+#endif  // CEF_LIBCEF_DLL_TEMPLATE_UTIL_H_
diff --git a/tools/cef_parser.py b/tools/cef_parser.py
index d624358ad..18b591ef5 100644
--- a/tools/cef_parser.py
+++ b/tools/cef_parser.py
@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ def format_translation_includes(header, body):
   if body.find('cef_api_hash(') > 0:
     result += '#include "include/cef_api_hash.h"\n'
 
+  if body.find('template_util::has_valid_size(') > 0:
+    result += '#include "libcef_dll/template_util.h"\n'
+
   # identify what CppToC classes are being used
   p = re.compile('([A-Za-z0-9_]{1,})CppToC')
   list = sorted(set(p.findall(body)))
diff --git a/tools/make_cpptoc_impl.py b/tools/make_cpptoc_impl.py
index 4b7737eaf..b95c16f45 100644
--- a/tools/make_cpptoc_impl.py
+++ b/tools/make_cpptoc_impl.py
@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ def make_cpptoc_function_impl_new(cls, name, func, defined_names, base_scoped):
                 '\n  DCHECK('+arg_name+');'\
                 '\n  if (!'+arg_name+')'\
                 '\n    return'+retval_default+';'
+      if arg_type == 'struct_byref_const' or arg_type == 'struct_byref':
+        result +=\
+                '\n  if (!template_util::has_valid_size('+arg_name+')) {'\
+                '\n    NOTREACHED() << "invalid '+arg_name+'->[base.]size";'\
+                '\n    return'+retval_default+';'\
+                '\n  }'
     elif arg_type == 'simple_vec_byref' or arg_type == 'bool_vec_byref' or \
         arg_type == 'refptr_vec_same_byref' or arg_type == 'refptr_vec_diff_byref' or \
         arg_type == 'ownptr_vec_same_byref' or arg_type == 'ownptr_vec_diff_byref' or \