diff --git a/src/XMLSchema/Type/IntegerValue.php b/src/XMLSchema/Type/IntegerValue.php
index 2ca85a4b..cdc00e7f 100644
--- a/src/XMLSchema/Type/IntegerValue.php
+++ b/src/XMLSchema/Type/IntegerValue.php
@@ -50,7 +50,14 @@ public function toInteger(): int
     {
         $value = $this->getValue();
 
-        if (bccomp($value, strval(PHP_INT_MAX)) === 1) {
+        try {
+            $tooHigh = bccomp($value, (string)PHP_INT_MAX, 0) === 1;
+            $tooLow  = bccomp($value, (string)PHP_INT_MIN, 0) === -1;
+        } catch (\ValueError $e) {
+            throw new SchemaViolationException("Not a well-formed integer string.", previous: $e);
+        }
+
+        if ($tooHigh || $tooLow) {
             throw new RuntimeException("Cannot convert to integer: out of bounds.");
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/XMLSchema/Type/IntegerFromIntegerTest.php b/tests/XMLSchema/Type/IntegerFromIntegerTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5b6d8dbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/XMLSchema/Type/IntegerFromIntegerTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace SimpleSAML\Test\XMLSchema\Type;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\CoversClass;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use SimpleSAML\XMLSchema\Type\IntegerValue;
+
+/**
+ * Class \SimpleSAML\Test\XMLSchema\Type\IntegerFromIntegerTest
+ *
+ * @package simplesamlphp/xml-common
+ */
+#[CoversClass(IntegerValue::class)]
+final class IntegerFromIntegerTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @param int $integer
+     */
+    #[DataProvider('provideIntegers')]
+    public function testFromInteger(int $integer): void
+    {
+        $value = IntegerValue::fromInteger($integer);
+
+        $this->assertSame((string) $integer, $value->getValue());
+        $this->assertSame($integer, $value->toInteger());
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * @return array<string, array{0: int}>
+     */
+    public static function provideIntegers(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'negative integer' => [-1234],
+            'zero' => [0],
+            'positive integer' => [1234],
+            'minimum integer' => [PHP_INT_MIN],
+            'maximum integer' => [PHP_INT_MAX],
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/XMLSchema/Type/IntegerOverflowTest.php b/tests/XMLSchema/Type/IntegerOverflowTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0424264f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/XMLSchema/Type/IntegerOverflowTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace SimpleSAML\Test\XMLSchema\Type;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\CoversClass;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProviderExternal;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use SimpleSAML\Test\XML\Assert\IntegerTest;
+use SimpleSAML\XMLSchema\Exception\RuntimeException;
+use SimpleSAML\XMLSchema\Exception\SchemaViolationException;
+use SimpleSAML\XMLSchema\Type\IntegerValue;
+
+/**
+ * Class \SimpleSAML\Test\XMLSchema\Type\IntegerOverflowTest
+ *
+ * @package simplesamlphp/xml-common
+ */
+#[CoversClass(IntegerValue::class)]
+final class IntegerOverflowTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @param boolean|class-string<\Throwable> $shouldPass
+     * @param string $integer
+     * @param string|null $message
+     */
+    #[DataProvider('provideInvalidInteger')]
+    #[DataProvider('provideValidInteger')]
+    #[DataProviderExternal(IntegerTest::class, 'provideValidInteger')]
+    public function testInteger(bool|string $shouldPass, string $integer, ?string $message = null): void
+    {
+        try {
+            IntegerValue::fromString($integer)->toInteger();
+            $this->assertTrue($shouldPass);
+        } catch (RuntimeException | SchemaViolationException $e) {
+            $this->assertSame($shouldPass, $e::class);
+            if ($message !== null) {
+                $this->assertSame($message, $e->getMessage());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * @return array<string, array{0: true, 1: string}>
+     */
+    public static function provideValidInteger(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'valid with whitespace collapse' => [true, " 1234 \n "],
+        ];
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * @return array<string, array{0: class-string<\Throwable>, 1: string, 2?: string}>
+     */
+    public static function provideInvalidInteger(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'empty' => [SchemaViolationException::class, ''],
+            'invalid positive signed out-of-bounds' => [
+                RuntimeException::class,
+                '+9223372036854775808',
+                'Cannot convert to integer: out of bounds.',
+            ],
+            'invalid negative signed out-of-bounds' => [
+                RuntimeException::class,
+                '-9223372036854775809',
+                'Cannot convert to integer: out of bounds.',
+            ],
+            'invalid' => [SchemaViolationException::class, '0x123'],
+            'invalid with fractional' => [SchemaViolationException::class, '1234.'],
+            'invalid with thousands-delimiter' => [SchemaViolationException::class, '+1,234'],
+        ];
+    }
+
+
+    public function testToIntegerWithNonWellFormedIntegerStringThrowsException(): void
+    {
+        $this->expectException(SchemaViolationException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessageMatches('/^Not a well-formed integer string\.$/');
+
+        /* mock the internal rawValue to test the exception handling within IntegerValue::toInteger() */
+        $value = $this->createPartialMock(IntegerValue::class, ['getRawValue']);
+        $value->expects($this->once())->method('getRawValue')->willReturn('0x42');
+        $value->toInteger();
+    }
+}