diff --git a/libraries/core.lib.php b/libraries/core.lib.php
index 53561476f2..ed632acd01 100644
--- a/libraries/core.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/core.lib.php
@@ -1043,3 +1043,91 @@ function PMA_sanitizeMySQLHost($name)
 
     return $name;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Safe unserializer wrapper
+ *
+ * It does not unserialize data containing objects
+ *
+ * @param string $data Data to unserialize
+ *
+ * @return mixed
+ */
+function PMA_safeUnserialize($data)
+{
+    if (! is_string($data)) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /* validate serialized data */
+    $length = strlen($data);
+    $depth = 0;
+    for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
+        $value = $data[$i];
+
+        switch ($value)
+        {
+            case '}':
+                /* end of array */
+                if ($depth <= 0) {
+                    return null;
+                }
+                $depth--;
+                break;
+            case 's':
+                /* string */
+                // parse sting length
+                $strlen = intval($data[$i + 2]);
+                // string start
+                $i = strpos($data, ':', $i + 2);
+                if ($i === false) {
+                    return null;
+                }
+                // skip string, quotes and ;
+                $i += 2 + $strlen + 1;
+                if ($data[$i] != ';') {
+                    return null;
+                }
+                break;
+
+            case 'b':
+            case 'i':
+            case 'd':
+                /* bool, integer or double */
+                // skip value to sepearator
+                $i = strpos($data, ';', $i);
+                if ($i === false) {
+                    return null;
+                }
+                break;
+            case 'a':
+                /* array */
+                // find array start
+                $i = strpos($data, '{', $i);
+                if ($i === false) {
+                    return null;
+                }
+                // remember nesting
+                $depth++;
+                break;
+            case 'N':
+                /* null */
+                // skip to end
+                $i = strpos($data, ';', $i);
+                if ($i === false) {
+                    return null;
+                }
+                break;
+            default:
+                /* any other elements are not wanted */
+                return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // check unterminated arrays
+    if ($depth > 0) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    return unserialize($data);
+}
diff --git a/libraries/tracking.lib.php b/libraries/tracking.lib.php
index 40e49d47f4..4100110cb9 100644
--- a/libraries/tracking.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/tracking.lib.php
@@ -865,7 +865,10 @@ function PMA_getHtmlForSchemaSnapshot($url_query)
     );
 
     // Unserialize snapshot
-    $temp = unserialize($data['schema_snapshot']);
+    $temp = PMA_safeUnserialize($data['schema_snapshot']);
+    if ($temp === null) {
+        $temp = array('COLUMNS' => array(), 'INDEXES' => array());
+    }
     $columns = $temp['COLUMNS'];
     $indexes = $temp['INDEXES'];
     $html .= PMA_getHtmlForColumns($columns);
diff --git a/test/libraries/core/PMA_safeUnserialize_test.php b/test/libraries/core/PMA_safeUnserialize_test.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2710c0792
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/libraries/core/PMA_safeUnserialize_test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?php
+/* vim: set expandtab sw=4 ts=4 sts=4: */
+/**
+ * Test for PMA_safeUnserialize
+ *
+ * @package PhpMyAdmin-test
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Include to test.
+ */
+require_once 'libraries/core.lib.php';
+
+class PMA_safeUnserialize_test extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * Test for unserializing
+     *
+     * @param string $data     Serialized data
+     * @param mixed  $expected Expected result
+     *
+     * @return void
+     *
+     * @dataProvider provideMySQLHosts
+     */
+    function testSanitizeMySQLHost($data, $expected)
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            $expected,
+            PMA_safeUnserialize($data)
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test data provider
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    function provideMySQLHosts()
+    {
+        return array(
+            array('s:6:"foobar";', 'foobar'),
+            array('foobar', null),
+            array('b:0;', false),
+            array('O:1:"a":1:{s:5:"value";s:3:"100";}', null),
+            array('O:8:"stdClass":1:{s:5:"field";O:8:"stdClass":0:{}}', null),
+            array(serialize(array(1, 2, 3)), array(1, 2, 3)),
+            array(serialize('string""'), 'string""'),
+            array(serialize(array('foo' => 'bar')), array('foo' => 'bar')),
+            array(serialize(array('1', new stdClass(), '2')), null),
+        );
+    }
+
+}
+