1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libavcodec/pnm.c b/libavcodec/pnm.c
index 536b344923..43438b7cef 100644
--- a/libavcodec/pnm.c
+++ b/libavcodec/pnm.c
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ int ff_pnm_decode_header(AVCodecContext *avctx, PNMContext * const s)
     if (avctx->pix_fmt != PIX_FMT_MONOWHITE) {
         pnm_get(s, buf1, sizeof(buf1));
         s->maxval = atoi(buf1);
+        if (s->maxval <= 0) {
+            av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Invalid maxval: %d\n", s->maxval);
+            return -1;
+        }
         if (s->maxval >= 256) {
             if (avctx->pix_fmt == PIX_FMT_GRAY8) {
                 avctx->pix_fmt = PIX_FMT_GRAY16BE;