diff --git a/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-agent-gdb/src/main/java/agent/gdb/pty/windows/AnsiBufferedInputStream.java b/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-agent-gdb/src/main/java/agent/gdb/pty/windows/AnsiBufferedInputStream.java
index 0737f1965d..a0bb1a2d27 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-agent-gdb/src/main/java/agent/gdb/pty/windows/AnsiBufferedInputStream.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-agent-gdb/src/main/java/agent/gdb/pty/windows/AnsiBufferedInputStream.java
@@ -365,6 +365,9 @@ public class AnsiBufferedInputStream extends InputStream {
 
 	protected int parseNumericBuffer() {
 		String numeric = readAndClearEscBuf();
+		if (numeric.isEmpty()) {
+			return 0;
+		}
 		int result = Integer.parseInt(numeric);
 		return result;
 	}