diff --git a/src/gui/image/qbmphandler.cpp b/src/gui/image/qbmphandler.cpp

index 587f375c..5dff4ab0 100644

--- a/src/gui/image/qbmphandler.cpp

+++ b/src/gui/image/qbmphandler.cpp

@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ static bool read_dib_infoheader(QDataStream &s, BMP_INFOHDR &bi)

     if (!(comp == BMP_RGB || (nbits == 4 && comp == BMP_RLE4) ||

         (nbits == 8 && comp == BMP_RLE8) || ((nbits == 16 || nbits == 32) && comp == BMP_BITFIELDS)))

          return false;                                // weird compression type

+    if (bi.biWidth < 0 || quint64(bi.biWidth) * qAbs(bi.biHeight) > 16384 * 16384)

+        return false;

     return true;

 }