diff --git a/libavformat/bethsoftvid.c b/libavformat/bethsoftvid.c
index 47a9a69330..709603daf5 100644
--- a/libavformat/bethsoftvid.c
+++ b/libavformat/bethsoftvid.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "libavutil/channel_layout.h"
+#include "libavutil/imgutils.h"
 #include "libavutil/intreadwrite.h"
 #include "avformat.h"
 #include "internal.h"
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ static int vid_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
 {
     BVID_DemuxContext *vid = s->priv_data;
     AVIOContext *pb = s->pb;
+    int ret;
 
     /* load main header. Contents:
     *    bytes: 'V' 'I' 'D'
@@ -84,6 +86,10 @@ static int vid_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
     vid->bethsoft_global_delay = avio_rl16(pb);
     avio_rl16(pb);
 
+    ret = av_image_check_size(vid->width, vid->height, 0, s);
+    if (ret < 0)
+        return ret;
+
     // wait until the first packet to create each stream
     vid->video_index = -1;
     vid->audio_index = -1;