diff --git a/crates/madara/primitives/class/src/compile.rs b/crates/madara/primitives/class/src/compile.rs
index 219ce0f81..056109f3a 100644
--- a/crates/madara/primitives/class/src/compile.rs
+++ b/crates/madara/primitives/class/src/compile.rs
@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@ use blockifier::execution::{
 };
 use num_bigint::{BigInt, BigUint, Sign};
 use starknet_types_core::felt::Felt;
-use std::{
-    borrow::Cow,
-    io::{Cursor, Read},
-};
+use std::borrow::Cow;
 
 #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
 pub enum ClassCompilationError {
@@ -32,11 +29,8 @@ pub enum ClassCompilationError {
 
 impl CompressedLegacyContractClass {
     pub fn serialize_to_json(&self) -> Result<String, ClassCompilationError> {
-        let mut decompressor = flate2::read::GzDecoder::new(Cursor::new(&self.program));
-        let mut program = Vec::new();
-        decompressor.read_to_end(&mut program)?;
-
-        let mut program: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&program)?;
+        let mut program: serde_json::Value =
+            serde_json::from_reader(crate::convert::gz_decompress_stream(self.program.as_slice()))?;
 
         let program_object = program.as_object_mut().ok_or(ClassCompilationError::ProgramIsNotAnObject)?;
 
diff --git a/crates/madara/primitives/class/src/convert.rs b/crates/madara/primitives/class/src/convert.rs
index d7e7677b9..0c6cc01dd 100644
--- a/crates/madara/primitives/class/src/convert.rs
+++ b/crates/madara/primitives/class/src/convert.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use flate2::bufread::GzDecoder;
+use flate2::read::GzDecoder;
 use starknet_core::types::LegacyContractEntryPoint;
 use starknet_core::types::{
     contract::legacy::{
@@ -22,13 +22,17 @@ pub enum ParseCompressedLegacyClassError {
 const MiB: u64 = 1024 * 1024;
 const CLASS_SIZE_LIMIT: u64 = 4 * MiB;
 
+/// Decompress and limits the size of the decompression stream, to avoid potential DoS vectors.
+pub fn gz_decompress_stream(r: impl io::Read) -> impl io::Read {
+    ReadSizeLimiter::new(GzDecoder::new(r), CLASS_SIZE_LIMIT)
+}
+
 /// Attempts to recover a compressed legacy program.
 pub fn parse_compressed_legacy_class(
     class: CompressedLegacyContractClass,
 ) -> Result<LegacyContractClass, ParseCompressedLegacyClassError> {
     // decompress and parse as a single [`Read`] pipeline to avoid having an intermediary buffer here.
-    let program: LegacyProgram =
-        serde_json::from_reader(ReadSizeLimiter::new(GzDecoder::new(class.program.as_slice()), CLASS_SIZE_LIMIT))?;
+    let program: LegacyProgram = serde_json::from_reader(gz_decompress_stream(class.program.as_slice()))?;
 
     let is_pre_0_11_0 = match &program.compiler_version {
         Some(compiler_version) => {
diff --git a/crates/madara/primitives/class/src/lib.rs b/crates/madara/primitives/class/src/lib.rs
index 8eb3f41a4..efb3bd955 100644
--- a/crates/madara/primitives/class/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/madara/primitives/class/src/lib.rs
@@ -206,11 +206,11 @@ impl TryFrom<CompressedSierraClass> for FlattenedSierraClass {
     type Error = std::io::Error;
 
     fn try_from(compressed_sierra_class: CompressedSierraClass) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        let string_reader = std::io::Cursor::new(compressed_sierra_class.sierra_program);
-        let base64_decoder =
-            base64::read::DecoderReader::new(string_reader, &base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD);
-        let gzip_decoder = flate2::read::GzDecoder::new(base64_decoder);
-        let sierra_program = serde_json::from_reader(gzip_decoder)?;
+        let s = compressed_sierra_class.sierra_program;
+        // base64 -> gz -> json
+        let sierra_program = serde_json::from_reader(crate::convert::gz_decompress_stream(
+            base64::read::DecoderReader::new(s.as_bytes(), &base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD),
+        ))?;
 
         Ok(Self {
             sierra_program,