diff --git a/modules/imgcodecs/src/jpeg_exif.cpp b/modules/imgcodecs/src/jpeg_exif.cpp
index af4b7a9908..c7b5b76a26 100644
--- a/modules/imgcodecs/src/jpeg_exif.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgcodecs/src/jpeg_exif.cpp
@@ -401,6 +401,9 @@ std::string ExifReader::getString(const size_t offset) const
     {
         dataOffset = getU32( offset + 8 );
     }
+    if (dataOffset > m_data.size() || dataOffset + size > m_data.size()) {
+        throw ExifParsingError();
+    }
     std::vector<uint8_t>::const_iterator it = m_data.begin() + dataOffset;
     std::string result( it, it + size ); //copy vector content into result