diff --git a/modules/imgcodecs/src/jpeg_exif.cpp b/modules/imgcodecs/src/jpeg_exif.cpp
index caade4803..af4b7a990 100644
--- a/modules/imgcodecs/src/jpeg_exif.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgcodecs/src/jpeg_exif.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@
 
 #include "jpeg_exif.hpp"
 
+namespace {
+
+    class ExifParsingError {
+    };
+}
+
+
 namespace cv
 {
 
@@ -66,12 +73,16 @@ ExifReader::~ExifReader()
  */
 bool ExifReader::parse()
 {
-    m_exif = getExif();
-    if( !m_exif.empty() )
-    {
-        return true;
+    try {
+        m_exif = getExif();
+        if( !m_exif.empty() )
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    } catch (ExifParsingError&) {
+        return false;
     }
-    return false;
 }
 
 
@@ -147,6 +158,9 @@ std::map<int, ExifEntry_t > ExifReader::getExif()
 
             case APP1: //actual Exif Marker
                 exifSize = getFieldSize(f);
+                if (exifSize <= offsetToTiffHeader) {
+                    throw ExifParsingError();
+                }
                 m_data.resize( exifSize - offsetToTiffHeader );
                 fseek(f, static_cast<long>( offsetToTiffHeader ), SEEK_CUR);
                 count = fread( &m_data[0], sizeof( unsigned char ), exifSize - offsetToTiffHeader, f );
@@ -401,6 +415,9 @@ std::string ExifReader::getString(const size_t offset) const
  */
 uint16_t ExifReader::getU16(const size_t offset) const
 {
+    if (offset + 1 >= m_data.size())
+        throw ExifParsingError();
+
     if( m_format == INTEL )
     {
         return m_data[offset] + ( m_data[offset + 1] << 8 );
@@ -416,6 +433,9 @@ uint16_t ExifReader::getU16(const size_t offset) const
  */
 uint32_t ExifReader::getU32(const size_t offset) const
 {
+    if (offset + 3 >= m_data.size())
+        throw ExifParsingError();
+
     if( m_format == INTEL )
     {
         return m_data[offset] +