diff --git a/src/decoder/mod.rs b/src/decoder/mod.rs
index 12a11e5..61af67e 100644
--- a/src/decoder/mod.rs
+++ b/src/decoder/mod.rs
@@ -1372,7 +1372,17 @@ impl<R: Read + Seek> Decoder<R> {
 
         let jpeg_tables: Option<Vec<u8>> = match self.find_tag(Tag::JPEGTables) {
             Ok(None) => None,
-            Ok(_) => Some(self.get_tag_u8_vec(Tag::JPEGTables)?),
+            Ok(_) => {
+                let vec = self.get_tag_u8_vec(Tag::JPEGTables)?;
+
+                if vec.len() < 2 {
+                    return Err(TiffError::FormatError(
+                        TiffFormatError::InvalidTagValueType(Tag::JPEGTables),
+                    ));
+                }
+
+                Some(vec)
+            }
             Err(e) => return Err(e),
         };
 
diff --git a/src/decoder/stream.rs b/src/decoder/stream.rs
index 294a1c8..c73e08c 100644
--- a/src/decoder/stream.rs
+++ b/src/decoder/stream.rs
@@ -225,6 +225,12 @@ impl JpegReader {
 
         match jpeg_tables {
             Some(tables) => {
+                assert!(
+                    tables.len() >= 2,
+                    "jpeg_tables, if given, must be at least 2 bytes long. Got {:?}",
+                    tables
+                );
+
                 let mut jpeg_data = tables.clone();
                 let truncated_length = jpeg_data.len() - 2;
                 jpeg_data.truncate(truncated_length);
diff --git a/tests/decode_images.rs b/tests/decode_images.rs
index 33dc9b5..e13273b 100644
--- a/tests/decode_images.rs
+++ b/tests/decode_images.rs
@@ -423,3 +423,29 @@ fn oom_2() {
         unexpected => panic!("Unexpected error {}", unexpected),
     }
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn invalid_jpeg_tag() {
+    use tiff::tags;
+    use tiff::{TiffError, TiffFormatError};
+
+    let image = [
+        73, 73, 42, 0, 8, 0, 0, 0, 15, 0, 0, 254, 44, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 32, 0, 0, 0, 1, 4, 0, 1, 0,
+        0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 91, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 242, 4, 0, 0, 0, 22, 0, 56, 77, 0, 77, 1, 0, 0,
+        73, 42, 0, 1, 4, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 8, 0, 0, 1, 4, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 158, 0, 0, 251, 3, 1,
+        3, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 7, 0, 0, 0, 6, 1, 3, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 17, 1, 4, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 3, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 61, 1, 18, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 202, 0, 0, 0, 17,
+        1, 100, 0, 129, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 232, 254, 252, 255, 254, 255, 255, 255, 1, 29, 0, 0,
+        22, 1, 3, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 16, 0, 0, 0, 23, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 123, 73, 254, 0,
+        73,
+    ];
+
+    let mut decoder = tiff::decoder::Decoder::new(std::io::Cursor::new(&image)).unwrap();
+
+    let err = decoder.read_image().unwrap_err();
+
+    match err {
+        TiffError::FormatError(TiffFormatError::InvalidTagValueType(tags::Tag::JPEGTables)) => {}
+        unexpected => panic!("Unexpected error {}", unexpected),
+    }
+}