diff --git a/loader/loader.c b/loader/loader.c
index d6fcb0d67..1f3f8536a 100644
--- a/loader/loader.c
+++ b/loader/loader.c
@@ -743,8 +743,8 @@ uint32_t loader_parse_version_string(char *vers_str) {
     return VK_MAKE_API_VERSION(variant, major, minor, patch);
 }
 
-bool compare_vk_extension_properties(const VkExtensionProperties *op1, const VkExtensionProperties *op2) {
-    return strcmp(op1->extensionName, op2->extensionName) == 0 ? true : false;
+TEST_FUNCTION_EXPORT bool compare_vk_extension_properties(const VkExtensionProperties *op1, const VkExtensionProperties *op2) {
+    return strncmp(op1->extensionName, op2->extensionName, VK_MAX_EXTENSION_NAME_SIZE) == 0 ? true : false;
 }
 
 // Search the given ext_array for an extension matching the given vk_ext_prop
diff --git a/loader/loader.h b/loader/loader.h
index 6f6385152..cebadfe81 100644
--- a/loader/loader.h
+++ b/loader/loader.h
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ extern struct loader_struct loader;
 extern loader_platform_thread_mutex loader_lock;
 extern loader_platform_thread_mutex loader_preload_icd_lock;
 
-bool compare_vk_extension_properties(const VkExtensionProperties *op1, const VkExtensionProperties *op2);
+TEST_FUNCTION_EXPORT bool compare_vk_extension_properties(const VkExtensionProperties *op1, const VkExtensionProperties *op2);
 
 VkResult loader_validate_layers(const struct loader_instance *inst, const uint32_t layer_count,
                                 const char *const *ppEnabledLayerNames, const struct loader_layer_list *list);
diff --git a/tests/loader_fuzz_tests.cpp b/tests/loader_fuzz_tests.cpp
index 6fa5b2572..45e0b4940 100644
--- a/tests/loader_fuzz_tests.cpp
+++ b/tests/loader_fuzz_tests.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 
 #include "framework/test_environment.h"
 
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <cstring>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -389,3 +391,28 @@ TEST(JsonStringPrint, PrintPreallocatedTerminatesAtRealEnd) {
     loader_cJSON_Delete(json);
     std::filesystem::remove(json_path);
 }
+
+// extensionName is a fixed VK_MAX_EXTENSION_NAME_SIZE array which the loader copies verbatim from a driver's
+// VkExtensionProperties. A non-conformant ICD can fill all VK_MAX_EXTENSION_NAME_SIZE bytes with no null
+// terminator; comparing two such names with an unbounded strcmp reads past the end of the array (and, at the
+// end of a list, past the allocation). compare_vk_extension_properties must bound the compare to the field.
+TEST(ExtensionNameCompare, UnterminatedNameDoesNotReadPastField) {
+    // Allocate each VkExtensionProperties in its own exact-sized block so an over-read runs into the ASAN redzone.
+    VkExtensionProperties* a = static_cast<VkExtensionProperties*>(malloc(sizeof(VkExtensionProperties)));
+    VkExtensionProperties* b = static_cast<VkExtensionProperties*>(malloc(sizeof(VkExtensionProperties)));
+    ASSERT_NE(a, nullptr);
+    ASSERT_NE(b, nullptr);
+    // Fill every byte (extensionName and specVersion) with a non-null value: no terminator anywhere in the object.
+    memset(a, 'A', sizeof(VkExtensionProperties));
+    memset(b, 'A', sizeof(VkExtensionProperties));
+
+    // Equal within the field: must report a match without reading past VK_MAX_EXTENSION_NAME_SIZE.
+    EXPECT_TRUE(compare_vk_extension_properties(a, b));
+
+    // Differ inside the field: must report no match, again without over-reading.
+    b->extensionName[VK_MAX_EXTENSION_NAME_SIZE - 1] = 'B';
+    EXPECT_FALSE(compare_vk_extension_properties(a, b));
+
+    free(a);
+    free(b);
+}