diff --git a/Lib/test/test_io/test_bufferedio.py b/Lib/test/test_io/test_bufferedio.py
index 3278665bdc9dd3..f77cd759ed8229 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_io/test_bufferedio.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_io/test_bufferedio.py
@@ -983,6 +983,17 @@ def closed(self):
         self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, "test", bufio.flush)
         self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, "test", bufio.close)
 
+    def test_gh_143375(self):
+        bufio = self.tp(self.MockRawIO())
+
+        class EvilIndex:
+            def __index__(self):
+                bufio.close()
+                return 0
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, "seek of closed file"):
+            bufio.seek(EvilIndex())
+
 
 class PyBufferedWriterTest(BufferedWriterTest, PyTestCase):
     tp = pyio.BufferedWriter
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-01-08-19-56-40.gh-issue-143375.QCzA_8.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-01-08-19-56-40.gh-issue-143375.QCzA_8.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..697343c7e8fa6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-01-08-19-56-40.gh-issue-143375.QCzA_8.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix a crash in the ``seek`` method of :class:`~io.BufferedWriter` when
+passing an object with a specially crafted :meth:`~object.__index__`.
diff --git a/Modules/_io/bufferedio.c b/Modules/_io/bufferedio.c
index 4602f2b42a6017..65dfaafc7f43ef 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/bufferedio.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/bufferedio.c
@@ -1393,6 +1393,10 @@ _io__Buffered_seek_impl(buffered *self, PyObject *targetobj, int whence)
     if (target == -1 && PyErr_Occurred())
         return NULL;
 
+    // PyNumber_AsOff_t calls user code via __index__, which
+    // could have closed the file.
+    CHECK_CLOSED(self, "seek of closed file")
+
     /* SEEK_SET and SEEK_CUR are special because we could seek inside the
        buffer. Other whence values must be managed without this optimization.
        Some Operating Systems can provide additional values, like