diff --git a/libavformat/iff.c b/libavformat/iff.c
index 8ea3b38ac6..55acc0a18d 100644
--- a/libavformat/iff.c
+++ b/libavformat/iff.c
@@ -384,6 +384,9 @@ static int iff_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
         data_size = iff->is_64bit ? avio_rb64(pb) : avio_rb32(pb);
         orig_pos = avio_tell(pb);
 
+        if (data_size >= INT64_MAX)
+            return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+
         switch(chunk_id) {
         case ID_VHDR:
             st->codec->codec_type = AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO;