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diff --git a/‎Modules/_struct.c‎
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@@ -424,6 +424,20 @@ def test_705836(self):
         self.assertRaises(OverflowError, struct.pack, "<e", big)
         self.assertRaises(OverflowError, struct.pack, "e", big)
 
+    def test_float_complex_overflow(self):
+        for value in (
+            1e300 + 0.5j,  # big real
+            1.5 + 1e300j,  # big imag
+        ):
+            for format in (">Zf", "<Zf", "Zf"):
+                with self.subTest(value=value, format=format):
+                    self.assertRaises(OverflowError, struct.pack, format, value)
+
+                    ba = bytearray(8)
+                    with self.assertRaises(OverflowError):
+                        struct.Struct(format).pack_into(ba, 0, value)
+                    self.assertEqual(ba, bytearray(8))
+
     def test_1530559(self):
         for code, byteorder in iter_integer_formats():
             format = byteorder + code
 
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Raise :exc:`OverflowError`'s for native ``'Zf'`` format in :func:`struct.pack`,
+like for ``'f'`` format.  Previously overflows in the :c:expr:`float complex`
+type were silent.  Patch by Sergey B Kirpichev.
@@ -790,14 +790,19 @@ np_float_complex(_structmodulestate *state, char *p, PyObject *v,
                  const formatdef *f)
 {
     Py_complex c = PyComplex_AsCComplex(v);
-    float x[2] = {(float)c.real, (float)c.imag};
+    char tmp[8];
 
     if (c.real == -1 && PyErr_Occurred()) {
         PyErr_SetString(state->StructError,
                         "required argument is not a complex");
         return -1;
     }
-    memcpy(p, &x, sizeof(x));
+    if (PyFloat_Pack4(c.real, tmp, PY_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+        || PyFloat_Pack4(c.imag, tmp + 4, PY_LITTLE_ENDIAN))
+    {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    memcpy(p, tmp, 8);
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1132,15 +1137,20 @@ static int
 bp_float_complex(_structmodulestate *state, char *p, PyObject *v, const formatdef *f)
 {
     Py_complex x = PyComplex_AsCComplex(v);
+    char tmp[8];
+
     if (x.real == -1 && PyErr_Occurred()) {
         PyErr_SetString(state->StructError,
                         "required argument is not a complex");
         return -1;
     }
-    if (PyFloat_Pack4(x.real, p, 0)) {
+    if (PyFloat_Pack4(x.real, tmp, 0)
+        || PyFloat_Pack4(x.imag, tmp + 4, 0))
+    {
         return -1;
     }
-    return PyFloat_Pack4(x.imag, p + 4, 0);
+    memcpy(p, tmp, 8);
+    return 0;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -1458,16 +1468,20 @@ static int
 lp_float_complex(_structmodulestate *state, char *p, PyObject *v, const formatdef *f)
 {
     Py_complex x = PyComplex_AsCComplex(v);
+    char tmp[8];
+
     if (x.real == -1 && PyErr_Occurred()) {
         PyErr_SetString(state->StructError,
                         "required argument is not a complex");
         return -1;
     }
-    if (PyFloat_Pack4(x.real, p, 1)) {
+    if (PyFloat_Pack4(x.real, tmp, 1)
+        || PyFloat_Pack4(x.imag, tmp + 4, 1))
+    {
         return -1;
     }
-    return PyFloat_Pack4(x.imag, p + 4, 1);
-
+    memcpy(p, tmp, 8);
+    return 0;
 }
 
 static int
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@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
	1	+ Raise :exc:`OverflowError`'s for native ``'Zf'`` format in :func:`struct.pack`,
	2	+ like for ``'f'`` format. Previously overflows in the :c:expr:`float complex`
	3	+ type were silent. Patch by Sergey B Kirpichev.