diff --git a/libavcodec/huffyuvdec.c b/libavcodec/huffyuvdec.c
index 4e00692631..dfe3585e6e 100644
--- a/libavcodec/huffyuvdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/huffyuvdec.c
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ static int decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, void *data, int *got_frame,
         slices_info_offset = AV_RL32(avpkt->data + buf_size - 4);
         slice_height = AV_RL32(avpkt->data + buf_size - 8);
         nb_slices = AV_RL32(avpkt->data + buf_size - 12);
-        if (nb_slices * 8LL + slices_info_offset > buf_size - 16)
+        if (nb_slices * 8LL + slices_info_offset > buf_size - 16 || slice_height <= 0)
             return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
     } else {
         slice_height = height;