diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/UnsafeRow.java b/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/UnsafeRow.java
index 6325ba68af5b..8741c206f2bb 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/UnsafeRow.java
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/UnsafeRow.java
@@ -21,12 +21,14 @@
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.Kryo;
 import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.KryoSerializable;
 import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.io.Input;
 import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.io.Output;
 
+import org.apache.spark.SparkIllegalArgumentException;
 import org.apache.spark.SparkUnsupportedOperationException;
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.InternalRow;
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.types.*;
@@ -155,6 +157,17 @@ public UnsafeRow() {}
   public void pointTo(Object baseObject, long baseOffset, int sizeInBytes) {
     assert numFields >= 0 : "numFields (" + numFields + ") should >= 0";
     assert sizeInBytes % 8 == 0 : "sizeInBytes (" + sizeInBytes + ") should be a multiple of 8";
+    if (baseObject instanceof byte[] bytes) {
+      int offsetInByteArray = (int) (baseOffset - Platform.BYTE_ARRAY_OFFSET);
+      if (offsetInByteArray < 0 || sizeInBytes < 0 ||
+          bytes.length < offsetInByteArray + sizeInBytes) {
+        throw new SparkIllegalArgumentException(
+          "INTERNAL_ERROR",
+          Map.of("message", "Invalid byte array backed UnsafeRow: byte array length=" +
+            bytes.length + ", offset=" + offsetInByteArray + ", byte size=" + sizeInBytes)
+        );
+      }
+    }
     this.baseObject = baseObject;
     this.baseOffset = baseOffset;
     this.sizeInBytes = sizeInBytes;
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/UnsafeRowSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/UnsafeRowSuite.scala
index 9daa69ce9f15..18a6c538e0a8 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/UnsafeRowSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/UnsafeRowSuite.scala
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
 
-import org.apache.spark.{SparkConf, SparkFunSuite}
+import org.apache.spark.{SparkConf, SparkFunSuite, SparkIllegalArgumentException}
 import org.apache.spark.serializer.{JavaSerializer, KryoSerializer}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.InternalRow
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{UnsafeProjection, UnsafeRow}
@@ -188,4 +188,40 @@ class UnsafeRowSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
     unsafeRow.setDecimal(0, d2, 38)
     assert(unsafeRow.getDecimal(0, 38, 18) === null)
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-48713: throw SparkIllegalArgumentException for illegal UnsafeRow.pointTo") {
+    val emptyRow = UnsafeRow.createFromByteArray(64, 2)
+    val byteArray = new Array[Byte](64)
+
+    // Out of bounds
+    var errorMsg = intercept[SparkIllegalArgumentException] {
+      emptyRow.pointTo(byteArray, Platform.BYTE_ARRAY_OFFSET + 50, 32)
+    }.getMessage
+    assert(
+      errorMsg.contains(
+        "Invalid byte array backed UnsafeRow: byte array length=64, offset=50, byte size=32"
+      )
+    )
+
+    // Negative size
+    errorMsg = intercept[SparkIllegalArgumentException] {
+      emptyRow.pointTo(byteArray, Platform.BYTE_ARRAY_OFFSET + 50, -32)
+    }.getMessage
+    assert(
+      errorMsg.contains(
+        "Invalid byte array backed UnsafeRow: byte array length=64, offset=50, byte size=-32"
+      )
+    )
+
+    // Negative offset
+    errorMsg = intercept[SparkIllegalArgumentException] {
+      emptyRow.pointTo(byteArray, -5, 32)
+    }.getMessage
+    assert(
+      errorMsg.contains(
+        s"Invalid byte array backed UnsafeRow: byte array length=64, " +
+          s"offset=${-5 - Platform.BYTE_ARRAY_OFFSET}, byte size=32"
+      )
+    )
+  }
 }