diff --git a/libavcodec/mjpegdec.c b/libavcodec/mjpegdec.c
index 6b5266de58..0a71a6f5ab 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mjpegdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mjpegdec.c
@@ -1095,6 +1095,11 @@ static int mjpeg_decode_scan_progressive_ac(MJpegDecodeContext *s, int ss,
     int last_scan = 0;
     int16_t *quant_matrix = s->quant_matrixes[s->quant_index[c]];
 
+    if (se > 63) {
+        av_log(s->avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "SE %d is too large\n", se);
+        return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+    }
+
     if (!Al) {
         s->coefs_finished[c] |= (1LL << (se + 1)) - (1LL << ss);
         last_scan = !~s->coefs_finished[c];