diff --git a/media/libstagefright/omx/OMXNodeInstance.cpp b/media/libstagefright/omx/OMXNodeInstance.cpp
index 6c5c857..4fe41c9 100644
--- a/media/libstagefright/omx/OMXNodeInstance.cpp
+++ b/media/libstagefright/omx/OMXNodeInstance.cpp
@@ -797,6 +797,12 @@
     Mutex::Autolock autoLock(mLock);
 
     OMX_BUFFERHEADERTYPE *header = (OMX_BUFFERHEADERTYPE *)buffer;
+    // rangeLength and rangeOffset must be a subset of the allocated data in the buffer.
+    // corner case: we permit rangeOffset == end-of-buffer with rangeLength == 0.
+    if (rangeOffset > header->nAllocLen
+            || rangeLength > header->nAllocLen - rangeOffset) {
+        return BAD_VALUE;
+    }
     header->nFilledLen = rangeLength;
     header->nOffset = rangeOffset;
     header->nFlags = flags;