tracker/udp/announce.go | 7 ++++++-

diff --git a/tracker/udp/announce.go b/tracker/udp/announce.go
index 59b6c6cfa728e8b7c694de89074d24b200da0341..b5c9f8ffbaa317651c0d8a73b4272d96c84e38e6 100644
--- a/tracker/udp/announce.go
+++ b/tracker/udp/announce.go
@@ -38,7 +38,12 @@
 var announceEventStrings = []string{"", "completed", "started", "stopped"}
 
 func (e AnnounceEvent) String() string {
-	// See BEP 3, "event", and https://github.com/anacrolix/torrent/issues/416#issuecomment-751427001.
+	// See BEP 3, "event", and
+	// https://github.com/anacrolix/torrent/issues/416#issuecomment-751427001. Return a safe default
+	// in case event values are not sanitized.
+	if e < 0 || int(e) >= len(announceEventStrings) {
+		return ""
+	}
 	return announceEventStrings[e]
 }