diff --git a/code/OpenGEXImporter.cpp b/code/OpenGEXImporter.cpp
index 11ef6d20a..1f46e47e2 100644
--- a/code/OpenGEXImporter.cpp
+++ b/code/OpenGEXImporter.cpp
@@ -728,17 +728,18 @@ void OpenGEXImporter::handleIndexArrayNode( ODDLParser::DDLNode *node, aiScene *
 }
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-static void getColorRGB( aiColor3D *pColor, Value *data ) {
-    if( NULL == pColor || NULL == data ) {
+static void getColorRGB( aiColor3D *pColor, DataArrayList *colList ) {
+    if( NULL == pColor || NULL == colList ) {
         return;
     }
-
-    pColor->r = data->getFloat();
-    data = data->getNext();
-    pColor->g = data->getFloat();
-    data = data->getNext();
-    pColor->b = data->getFloat();
-    data = data->getNext();
+    
+    ai_assert( 3, colList->m_numItems );
+    Value *val( colList->m_dataList );
+    pColor->r = val->getFloat();
+    val = val->getNext();
+    pColor->g = val->getFloat();
+    val = val->getNext();
+    pColor->b = val->getFloat();
 }
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -780,8 +781,12 @@ void OpenGEXImporter::handleColorNode( ODDLParser::DDLNode *node, aiScene *pScen
     Property *prop = node->findPropertyByName( "attrib" );
     if( NULL != prop ) {
         if( NULL != prop->m_value ) {
+            DataArrayList *colList( node->getDataArrayList() );
+            if( NULL == colList ) {
+                return;
+            }
             aiColor3D col;
-            getColorRGB( &col, prop->m_value );
+            getColorRGB( &col, colList );
             const ColorType colType( getColorType( prop->m_key ) );
             if( DiffuseColor == colType ) {
                 m_currentMaterial->AddProperty( &col, 1, AI_MATKEY_COLOR_DIFFUSE );
diff --git a/contrib/openddlparser/include/openddlparser/OpenDDLParserUtils.h b/contrib/openddlparser/include/openddlparser/OpenDDLParserUtils.h
index ef8d1dceb..3e8455bcc 100644
--- a/contrib/openddlparser/include/openddlparser/OpenDDLParserUtils.h
+++ b/contrib/openddlparser/include/openddlparser/OpenDDLParserUtils.h
@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ bool isNumeric( const T in ) {
     return false;*/
 }
 
+template<class T>
+inline
+bool isNotEndOfToken( T *in, T *end ) {
+    return ( '}' != *in && ',' != *in && !isSpace( *in ) && in != end );
+}
+
 template<class T>
 inline
 bool isInteger( T *in, T *end ) {
@@ -117,7 +123,8 @@ bool isInteger( T *in, T *end ) {
     }
 
     bool result( false );
-    while( '}' != *in && ',' != *in && !isSpace( *in ) && in != end ) {
+    while( isNotEndOfToken( in, end ) ) {
+        //while( '}' != *in && ',' != *in && !isSpace( *in ) && in != end ) {
         result = isNumeric( *in );
         if( !result ) {
             break;
@@ -139,7 +146,9 @@ bool isFloat( T *in, T *end ) {
 
     // check for <1>.0f
     bool result( false );
-    while( !isSpace( *in ) && in != end ) {
+    while( isNotEndOfToken( in, end ) ) {
+
+//    while( !isSpace( *in ) && in != end ) {
         if( *in == '.' ) {
             result = true;
             break;
@@ -159,7 +168,9 @@ bool isFloat( T *in, T *end ) {
     }
 
     // check for 1.<0>f
-    while( !isSpace( *in ) && in != end && *in != ',' ) {
+    while( isNotEndOfToken( in, end ) ) {
+
+//    while( !isSpace( *in ) && in != end && *in != ',' && *in != '}' ) {
         result = isNumeric( *in );
         if( !result ) {
             return false;