diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 4bc19b2858..10c224991f 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Fix\ssome\smemory\sleaks\sthat\scan\soccur\sif\sa\smemory\sallocation\sfails.\s(CVS\s2388)
-D 2005-03-16T12:15:21
+C Fix\sa\sbug\sin\sthe\scalculation\sof\sthe\stable\srecord\sheader\ssize.\nTicket\s#1163.\s(CVS\s2389)
+D 2005-03-17T03:15:40
 F Makefile.in 5c00d0037104de2a50ac7647a5f12769795957a3
 F Makefile.linux-gcc 06be33b2a9ad4f005a5f42b22c4a19dab3cbb5c7
 F README a01693e454a00cc117967e3f9fdab2d4d52e9bc1
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ F src/update.c 42823d00865c9fe4f01b3c62647858726345a28e
 F src/utf.c bda5eb85039ef16f2d17004c1e18c96e1ab0a80c
 F src/util.c a53b6fc6f09093ecba1ce593ca7cb1cb77b3a20b
 F src/vacuum.c 5cf598003191bd91c17a64742bad8e46241698a8
-F src/vdbe.c 1bf34fb915afffd9b865a81770dc8cb99b3a04ac
+F src/vdbe.c c35e65da4988900724e75b58c55ea04652160976
 F src/vdbe.h 7e307333d74e134eff237bb9d45fe764e544ad6a
 F src/vdbeInt.h e80721cd8ff611789e20743eec43363a9fb5a48e
 F src/vdbeapi.c 467caa6e6fb9247528b1c7ab9132ae1b4748e8ac
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ F test/misc1.test ff817d3740458884fea535b44821ec7e84700457
 F test/misc2.test fc052267d5178367f955538ae34aae1b2f696a92
 F test/misc3.test 7bd937e2c62bcc6be71939faf068d506467b1e03
 F test/misc4.test 98e5fb5544aeac6cbbc529c79d4144b0936c22de
+F test/misc5.test 406d3f9523953a028307d076f2eb2687218cb46d
 F test/misuse.test 1c7fee3c4c0cb4008717ecccf5c72281fac0008e
 F test/notnull.test 7a08117a71e74b0321aaa937dbeb41a09d6eb1d0
 F test/null.test 69c62daf1630bf54c87bbc7ef2e22012e58d6da8
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ F www/tclsqlite.tcl e73f8f8e5f20e8277619433f7970060ab01088fc
 F www/vdbe.tcl 87a31ace769f20d3627a64fa1fade7fed47b90d0
 F www/version3.tcl 092a01f5ef430d2c4acc0ae558d74c4bb89638a0
 F www/whentouse.tcl 3e522a06ad41992023c80ca29a048ae2331ca5bd
-P 856e2ec9688affbfe496cf184f460b18408e3dc0
-R bdf8d1650bfb73f4118211dfe43d3498
-U danielk1977
-Z c63eb3de507eaddae37da59fce3b144c
+P 9a358fc33d726d0b5782bf65b50f61f2bd096d56
+R f2914c667262d46f447af52a58530a0b
+U drh
+Z 18509b0b70ba94284e40bd44da5c7365
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 3135f0f08d..a7c37e30a2 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9a358fc33d726d0b5782bf65b50f61f2bd096d56
\ No newline at end of file
+bf82a04ff7c24a38d45721b3fae69d88d6e83149
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/vdbe.c b/src/vdbe.c
index cfb941aaf0..0b198cea9d 100644
--- a/src/vdbe.c
+++ b/src/vdbe.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 ** in this file for details.  If in doubt, do not deviate from existing
 ** commenting and indentation practices when changing or adding code.
 **
-** $Id: vdbe.c,v 1.457 2005/03/09 12:26:51 danielk1977 Exp $
+** $Id: vdbe.c,v 1.458 2005/03/17 03:15:40 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 #include "os.h"
@@ -2008,6 +2008,7 @@ case OP_MakeRecord: {
   int nData = 0;         /* Number of bytes of data space */
   int nHdr = 0;          /* Number of bytes of header space */
   int nByte = 0;         /* Space required for this record */
+  int nVarint;           /* Number of bytes in a varint */
   u32 serial_type;       /* Type field */
   int containsNull = 0;  /* True if any of the data fields are NULL */
   char zTemp[NBFS];      /* Space to hold small records */
@@ -2058,7 +2059,10 @@ case OP_MakeRecord: {
   }
 
   /* Add the initial header varint and total the size */
-  nHdr += sqlite3VarintLen(nHdr);
+  nHdr += nVarint = sqlite3VarintLen(nHdr);
+  if( nVarint<sqlite3VarintLen(nHdr) ){
+    nHdr++;
+  }
   nByte = nHdr+nData;
 
   /* Allocate space for the new record. */
@@ -2087,7 +2091,7 @@ case OP_MakeRecord: {
   if( addRowid ){
     zCsr += sqlite3VdbeSerialPut(zCsr, pRowid);
   }
-  assert( zCsr==(zNewRecord+nByte) );
+  assert( zCsr<=(zNewRecord+nByte) );
 
   /* Pop entries off the stack if required. Push the new record on. */
   if( !leaveOnStack ){
diff --git a/test/misc5.test b/test/misc5.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c83d97ee0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/misc5.test
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# 2005 Mar 16
+#
+# The author disclaims copyright to this source code.  In place of
+# a legal notice, here is a blessing:
+#
+#    May you do good and not evil.
+#    May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others.
+#    May you share freely, never taking more than you give.
+#
+#***********************************************************************
+# This file implements regression tests for SQLite library.
+#
+# This file implements tests for miscellanous features that were
+# left out of other test files.
+#
+# $Id: misc5.test,v 1.1 2005/03/17 03:15:40 drh Exp $
+
+set testdir [file dirname $argv0]
+source $testdir/tester.tcl
+
+# Build records using the MakeRecord opcode such that the size of the 
+# header is at the transition point in the size of a varint.
+#
+# This test causes an assertion failure or a buffer overrun in version
+# 3.1.5 and earlier.
+#
+for {set i 120} {$i<140} {incr i} {
+  do_test misc5-1.$i {
+    catchsql {DROP TABLE t1}
+    set sql1 {CREATE TABLE t1}
+    set sql2 {INSERT INTO t1 VALUES}
+    set sep (
+    for {set j 0} {$j<$i} {incr j} {
+      append sql1 ${sep}a$j
+      append sql2 ${sep}$j
+      set sep ,
+    }
+    append sql1 {);}
+    append sql2 {);}
+    execsql $sql1$sql2
+  } {}
+}
+
+finish_test