diff --git a/libavformat/mov.c b/libavformat/mov.c
index 07d57037db..b22a116140 100644
--- a/libavformat/mov.c
+++ b/libavformat/mov.c
@@ -4823,7 +4823,7 @@ static int mov_read_sv3d(MOVContext *c, AVIOContext *pb, MOVAtom atom)
 {
     AVStream *st;
     MOVStreamContext *sc;
-    int size, layout;
+    int size, version, layout;
     int32_t yaw, pitch, roll;
     uint32_t l = 0, t = 0, r = 0, b = 0;
     uint32_t tag, padding = 0;
@@ -4849,7 +4849,13 @@ static int mov_read_sv3d(MOVContext *c, AVIOContext *pb, MOVAtom atom)
         av_log(c->fc, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Missing spherical video header\n");
         return 0;
     }
-    avio_skip(pb, 4); /*  version + flags */
+    version = avio_r8(pb);
+    if (version != 0) {
+        av_log(c->fc, AV_LOG_WARNING, "Unknown spherical version %d\n",
+               version);
+        return 0;
+    }
+    avio_skip(pb, 3); /* flags */
     avio_skip(pb, size - 12); /* metadata_source */
 
     size = avio_rb32(pb);
@@ -4871,7 +4877,13 @@ static int mov_read_sv3d(MOVContext *c, AVIOContext *pb, MOVAtom atom)
         av_log(c->fc, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Missing projection header box\n");
         return 0;
     }
-    avio_skip(pb, 4); /*  version + flags */
+    version = avio_r8(pb);
+    if (version != 0) {
+        av_log(c->fc, AV_LOG_WARNING, "Unknown spherical version %d\n",
+               version);
+        return 0;
+    }
+    avio_skip(pb, 3); /* flags */
 
     /* 16.16 fixed point */
     yaw   = avio_rb32(pb);
@@ -4883,7 +4895,13 @@ static int mov_read_sv3d(MOVContext *c, AVIOContext *pb, MOVAtom atom)
         return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
 
     tag = avio_rl32(pb);
-    avio_skip(pb, 4); /*  version + flags */
+    version = avio_r8(pb);
+    if (version != 0) {
+        av_log(c->fc, AV_LOG_WARNING, "Unknown spherical version %d\n",
+               version);
+        return 0;
+    }
+    avio_skip(pb, 3); /* flags */
     switch (tag) {
     case MKTAG('c','b','m','p'):
         layout = avio_rb32(pb);