diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/Chunks/PngPhysical.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/Chunks/PngPhysical.cs
index 8af0ac8ca7..cce4d16b84 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/Chunks/PngPhysical.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/Chunks/PngPhysical.cs
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ internal readonly struct PngPhysical
     /// <returns>The parsed PhysicalChunkData.</returns>
     public static PngPhysical Parse(ReadOnlySpan<byte> data)
     {
+        if (data.Length < 9)
+        {
+            PngThrowHelper.ThrowInvalidImageContentException("pHYs chunk is too short");
+        }
+
         uint hResolution = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32BigEndian(data[..4]);
         uint vResolution = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32BigEndian(data.Slice(4, 4));
         byte unit = data[8];
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngThrowHelper.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngThrowHelper.cs
index 8dc70e1d9a..80c51ef6e5 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngThrowHelper.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngThrowHelper.cs
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Png;
 internal static class PngThrowHelper
 {
     [DoesNotReturn]
-    public static void ThrowInvalidImageContentException(string errorMessage, Exception innerException)
-        => throw new InvalidImageContentException(errorMessage, innerException);
+    public static void ThrowInvalidImageContentException(string errorMessage) => throw new InvalidImageContentException(errorMessage);
 
     [DoesNotReturn]
     public static void ThrowInvalidHeader() => throw new InvalidImageContentException("PNG Image must contain a header chunk and it must be located before any other chunks.");