diff --git a/libavformat/astdec.c b/libavformat/astdec.c
index 886274410d..12252dcb67 100644
--- a/libavformat/astdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/astdec.c
@@ -27,12 +27,15 @@
 
 static int ast_probe(AVProbeData *p)
 {
-    if (AV_RL32(p->buf) == MKTAG('S','T','R','M') &&
-        AV_RB16(p->buf + 10) &&
-        AV_RB16(p->buf + 12) &&
-        AV_RB32(p->buf + 16))
-        return AVPROBE_SCORE_MAX / 3 * 2;
-    return 0;
+    if (AV_RL32(p->buf) != MKTAG('S','T','R','M'))
+        return 0;
+
+    if (!AV_RB16(p->buf + 10) ||
+        !AV_RB16(p->buf + 12) || AV_RB16(p->buf + 12) > 256 ||
+        !AV_RB32(p->buf + 16) || AV_RB32(p->buf + 16) > 8*48000)
+        return 1;
+
+    return AVPROBE_SCORE_MAX / 3 * 2;
 }
 
 static int ast_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)