diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Metadata/Profiles/Exif/ExifReader.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Metadata/Profiles/Exif/ExifReader.cs
index 4cd4b4aac9..4e2315cd88 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Metadata/Profiles/Exif/ExifReader.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Metadata/Profiles/Exif/ExifReader.cs
@@ -224,6 +224,13 @@ internal abstract class BaseExifReader
         this.Seek(offset);
         ulong count = this.ReadUInt64();
 
+        // Each entry occupies 20 bytes and the directory ends with an 8-byte next-IFD offset.
+        long remainingDirectoryBytes = this.data.Length - this.data.Position;
+        if (remainingDirectoryBytes < 8 || count > (ulong)((remainingDirectoryBytes - 8) / 20))
+        {
+            throw new InvalidImageContentException("The BigTIFF directory entry count exceeds the available data.");
+        }
+
         Span<byte> offsetBuffer = stackalloc byte[8];
         for (ulong i = 0; i < count; i++)
         {
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Tiff/BigTiffDecoderTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Tiff/BigTiffDecoderTests.cs
index 72f53cab78..769ee00a82 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Tiff/BigTiffDecoderTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Tiff/BigTiffDecoderTests.cs
@@ -115,4 +115,17 @@ public class BigTiffDecoderTests : TiffDecoderBaseTester
         Assert.Equal(1, meta.Values.Count(v => (ushort)v.Tag == (ushort)ExifTagValue.StripOffsets));
         Assert.Equal(1, meta.Values.Count(v => (ushort)v.Tag == (ushort)ExifTagValue.StripByteCounts));
     }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void TiffDecoder_DirectoryEntryCountExceedsAvailableData_Throws()
+    {
+        byte[] data =
+        [
+            0x49, 0x49, 0x2B, 0x00, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+            0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+            0x00, 0xF2, 0x05, 0x2A, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+        ];
+
+        Assert.Throws<InvalidImageContentException>(() => Image.Load(data));
+    }
 }