diff --git a/media/libstagefright/frameworks/av/media/libstagefright/MPEG4Extractor.cpp b/media/libstagefright/frameworks/av/media/libstagefright/MPEG4Extractor.cpp
index 5e5d9a540e5..ff8420059d6 100644
--- a/media/libstagefright/frameworks/av/media/libstagefright/MPEG4Extractor.cpp
+++ b/media/libstagefright/frameworks/av/media/libstagefright/MPEG4Extractor.cpp
@@ -2024,12 +2024,15 @@ status_t MPEG4Extractor::parseChunk(off64_t *offset, int depth) {
             if (mFileMetaData != NULL) {
                 ALOGV("chunk_data_size = %lld and data_offset = %lld",
                         chunk_data_size, data_offset);
+                const int kSkipBytesOfDataBox = 16;
+                if (chunk_data_size <= kSkipBytesOfDataBox) {
+                  return ERROR_MALFORMED;
+                }
                 sp<ABuffer> buffer = new ABuffer(chunk_data_size + 1);
                 if (mDataSource->readAt(
                     data_offset, buffer->data(), chunk_data_size) != (ssize_t)chunk_data_size) {
                     return ERROR_IO;
                 }
-                const int kSkipBytesOfDataBox = 16;
                 mFileMetaData->setData(
                     kKeyAlbumArt, MetaData::TYPE_NONE,
                     buffer->data() + kSkipBytesOfDataBox, chunk_data_size - kSkipBytesOfDataBox);