diff --git a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
index 83f7227091c..0ff4bcd8931 100644
--- a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <array>
 #include <cstddef>
+#include <deque>
 #include <list>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -191,11 +192,20 @@ static bool isVarUsedInTree(const Token *tok, nonneg int varid)
 {
     if (!tok)
         return false;
-    if (tok->varId() == varid)
-        return true;
-    if (tok->str() == "(" && Token::simpleMatch(tok->astOperand1(), "sizeof"))
-        return false;
-    return isVarUsedInTree(tok->astOperand1(), varid) || isVarUsedInTree(tok->astOperand2(), varid);
+    std::deque<const Token*> nodes{ tok };
+    while (!nodes.empty()) {
+        const Token* node = nodes.front();
+        if (node->varId() == varid)
+            return true;
+        if (node->str() != "(" || !Token::simpleMatch(node->astOperand1(), "sizeof")) {
+            if (node->astOperand1())
+                nodes.emplace_back(node->astOperand1());
+            if (node->astOperand2())
+                nodes.emplace_back(node->astOperand2());
+        }
+        nodes.pop_front();
+    }
+    return false;
 }
 
 static bool isPointerReleased(const Token *startToken, const Token *endToken, nonneg int varid)
diff --git a/lib/fwdanalysis.cpp b/lib/fwdanalysis.cpp
index 11434e5356d..64a896733d2 100644
--- a/lib/fwdanalysis.cpp
+++ b/lib/fwdanalysis.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "token.h"
 #include "vfvalue.h"
 
+#include <deque>
 #include <list>
 #include <string>
 #include <utility>
@@ -478,9 +479,18 @@ bool FwdAnalysis::hasOperand(const Token *tok, const Token *lhs) const
 {
     if (!tok)
         return false;
-    if (isSameExpression(false, tok, lhs, mSettings, false, false, nullptr))
-        return true;
-    return hasOperand(tok->astOperand1(), lhs) || hasOperand(tok->astOperand2(), lhs);
+    std::deque<const Token*> nodes{ tok };
+    while (!nodes.empty()) {
+        const Token* node = nodes.front();
+        if (isSameExpression(false, node, lhs, mSettings, false, false, nullptr))
+            return true;
+        if (node->astOperand1())
+            nodes.emplace_back(node->astOperand1());
+        if (node->astOperand2())
+            nodes.emplace_back(node->astOperand2());
+        nodes.pop_front();
+    }
+    return false;
 }
 
 const Token *FwdAnalysis::reassign(const Token *expr, const Token *startToken, const Token *endToken)
diff --git a/test/cli/performance_test.py b/test/cli/performance_test.py
index 90daf9b58cc..fe3408a2e61 100644
--- a/test/cli/performance_test.py
+++ b/test/cli/performance_test.py
@@ -146,6 +146,30 @@ def test_slow_exprid(tmpdir):
     my_env["DISABLE_VALUEFLOW"] = "1"
     cppcheck([filename], env=my_env)
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.platform == 'darwin', reason='GitHub macOS runners are too slow')
+@pytest.mark.timeout(30)
+def test_stack_overflow_AST(tmpdir):
+    # 14435
+    filename = os.path.join(tmpdir, 'hang.cpp')
+    with open(filename, 'wt') as f:
+        f.write("""
+#define ROW 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
+#define ROW8 ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW
+#define ROW64 ROW8 ROW8 ROW8 ROW8 ROW8 ROW8 ROW8 ROW8
+#define ROW512 ROW64 ROW64 ROW64 ROW64 ROW64 ROW64 ROW64 ROW64
+#define ROW4096 ROW512 ROW512 ROW512 ROW512 ROW512 ROW512 ROW512 ROW512
+#define ROW32768 ROW4096 ROW4096 ROW4096 ROW4096 ROW4096 ROW4096 ROW4096 ROW4096
+void f(std::vector<int>& v) {
+	v = {
+		ROW32768 0
+	};
+}
+        """)
+
+    my_env = os.environ.copy()
+    my_env["DISABLE_VALUEFLOW"] = "1"
+    cppcheck([filename], env=my_env)
+
 
 @pytest.mark.timeout(10)
 def test_slow_initlist_varchanged(tmpdir):