diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReader.java b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReader.java
index 36d8713edb..bd154db5e7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReader.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReader.java
@@ -1339,8 +1339,19 @@ protected JSONException char1Error(int c) {
     }
 
     static char char2(int c1, int c2) {
-        return (char) (DIGITS2[c1] * 0x10
-                + DIGITS2[c2]);
+        return (char) (digit2(c1) * 0x10
+                + digit2(c2));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Hex value of a {@code \x} escape digit. {@link JSONFactory#DIGITS2} only covers
+     * {@code 0}..{@code 'f'}; any character outside the table is not a hex digit either,
+     * so it gets the same value the table already gives to in-range non-hex characters
+     * (0) rather than indexing out of bounds. Characters {@code >= 0x80} arrive as
+     * negative {@code int}s in the byte-based readers, so this also guards the low side.
+     */
+    private static int digit2(int c) {
+        return c >= 0 && c < DIGITS2.length ? DIGITS2[c] : 0;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/issues/Issue7810.java b/core/src/test/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/issues/Issue7810.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01559715ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/issues/Issue7810.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package com.alibaba.fastjson2.issues;
+
+import com.alibaba.fastjson2.JSON;
+import com.alibaba.fastjson2.JSONException;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+
+/**
+ * Verify that {@code \x} escapes with digits outside the hex table no longer crash
+ * with {@link ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException} in {@code JSONReader.char2()}.
+ *
+ * <p>{@code DIGITS2} only covers {@code 0}..{@code 'f'}. Any escape character past that
+ * (or a byte {@code >= 0x80} arriving as a negative {@code int} in the byte-based
+ * readers) previously indexed the array out of bounds. Such characters are not hex
+ * digits either, so they now decode to the same value the table already gives to
+ * in-range non-hex characters (0), keeping existing semantics intact.
+ *
+ * @see <a href="https://github.com/alibaba/fastjson2/issues/7810">Issue #7810</a>
+ */
+public class Issue7810 {
+    @Test
+    public void testCharsPastTableDoNotCrash() {
+        // 'z' (122), 'g' (103), '{' (123) all index past DIGITS2's last entry 'f' (102)
+        assertEquals("\u0000", JSON.parse("\"\\xzz\""));
+        assertEquals("\u0000", JSON.parse("\"\\xgg\""));
+        assertEquals("\u0000", JSON.parse("\"\\x{{\""));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNegativeByteDoesNotCrash() {
+        // byte 0xFF read as a signed byte arrives as -1 and indexes below the table
+        assertEquals("\u0000", JSON.parse("\"\\x\u00ff\u00ff\""));
+        assertEquals("\u0000", JSON.parse("\"\\x\u00ffz\""));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAllContainerPaths() {
+        assertEquals("\u0000", JSON.parse("[\"\\xzz\"]").toString());
+        assertEquals("\u0000", JSON.parse("{\"a\":\"\\xzz\"}").get("a"));
+        assertEquals("\u0000", JSON.parse("{\"\\xzz\":1}").keySet().iterator().next());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testValidHexEscapesUnchanged() {
+        assertEquals("A", JSON.parse("\"\\x41\""));
+        assertEquals("\u00ff", JSON.parse("\"\\xff\""));
+        assertEquals("\u0000", JSON.parse("\"\\x00\""));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testInRangeNonHexUnchanged() {
+        // Characters inside the table that are not hex digits already decoded to 0
+        assertEquals("\u0000", JSON.parse("\"\\x::\""));
+        assertEquals("\u0000", JSON.parse("\"\\x@@\""));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRegularInputStillWorks() {
+        assertEquals("A", JSON.parse("\"\\u0041\""));
+        assertEquals("{\"a\":1}", JSON.parse("{\"a\":1}").toString());
+        assertEquals("[1,2,3]", JSON.parse("[1,2,3]").toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testTruncatedEscapeStillThrows() {
+        // A trailing backslash with no escape char should remain a clean JSONException
+        assertThrows(JSONException.class, () -> JSON.parse("{\"\\"));
+    }
+}
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