diff --git a/libavcodec/qdm2.c b/libavcodec/qdm2.c
index 7e7051fc6d..184c97dfb6 100644
--- a/libavcodec/qdm2.c
+++ b/libavcodec/qdm2.c
@@ -1816,6 +1816,10 @@ static av_cold int qdm2_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     extradata += 4;
 
     s->checksum_size = AV_RB32(extradata);
+    if (s->checksum_size >= 1U << 28) {
+        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "data block size too large (%u)\n", s->checksum_size);
+        return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+    }
 
     s->fft_order = av_log2(s->fft_size) + 1;
     s->fft_frame_size = 2 * s->fft_size; // complex has two floats