diff --git a/internal/codeguard/checks/reliability/reliability_go_helpers.go b/internal/codeguard/checks/reliability/reliability_go_helpers.go
index b4bf870..9f0ca69 100644
--- a/internal/codeguard/checks/reliability/reliability_go_helpers.go
+++ b/internal/codeguard/checks/reliability/reliability_go_helpers.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"go/ast"
 	"go/token"
-	"math/big"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -216,8 +215,7 @@ func isZeroDuration(expr ast.Expr) bool {
 		if n.Kind != token.INT {
 			return false
 		}
-		value, ok := new(big.Int).SetString(strings.ReplaceAll(n.Value, "_", ""), 0)
-		return ok && value.Sign() == 0
+		return isZeroIntegerLiteral(n.Value)
 	case *ast.CallExpr:
 		// Duration conversions, such as time.Duration(0), preserve zero.
 		return len(n.Args) == 1 && isZeroDuration(n.Args[0])
@@ -232,6 +230,21 @@ func isZeroDuration(expr ast.Expr) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+func isZeroIntegerLiteral(literal string) bool {
+	// Go's parser has already validated the integer literal. Avoid converting it
+	// to a big.Int: literals come from untrusted repositories and may be millions
+	// of digits long. In every supported base, a zero contains no nonzero digit.
+	if len(literal) >= 2 && literal[0] == '0' && strings.ContainsRune("bBoOxX", rune(literal[1])) {
+		literal = literal[2:]
+	}
+	for _, char := range literal {
+		if char != '0' && char != '_' {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 func isHTTPClientType(expr ast.Expr, aliases map[string]struct{}) bool {
 	selector, ok := expr.(*ast.SelectorExpr)
 	if !ok || selector.Sel.Name != "Client" {
diff --git a/internal/codeguard/checks/reliability/reliability_go_helpers_test.go b/internal/codeguard/checks/reliability/reliability_go_helpers_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..178ce44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/codeguard/checks/reliability/reliability_go_helpers_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package reliability
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestIsZeroIntegerLiteral(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := map[string]bool{
+		"0":     true,
+		"0_0":   true,
+		"0b0_0": true,
+		"0o0_0": true,
+		"0x0_0": true,
+		"1":     false,
+		"0b0_1": false,
+		"0o0_7": false,
+		"0x0_f": false,
+		"0X0_A": false,
+	}
+
+	for literal, want := range tests {
+		t.Run(literal, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := isZeroIntegerLiteral(literal); got != want {
+				t.Fatalf("isZeroIntegerLiteral(%q) = %t, want %t", literal, got, want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIsZeroIntegerLiteralHandlesHugeUntrustedLiteral(t *testing.T) {
+	literal := strings.Repeat("9", 4_000_000)
+	if isZeroIntegerLiteral(literal) {
+		t.Fatal("large nonzero literal classified as zero")
+	}
+}