diff --git a/media/libstagefright/MPEG4Extractor.cpp b/media/libstagefright/MPEG4Extractor.cpp
index 4c10cc9..9e7f298 100755
--- a/media/libstagefright/MPEG4Extractor.cpp
+++ b/media/libstagefright/MPEG4Extractor.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@
 
 namespace android {
 
+enum {
+    // maximum size of an atom. Some atoms can be bigger according to the spec,
+    // but we only allow up to this size.
+    kMaxAtomSize = 64 * 1024 * 1024,
+};
+
 class MPEG4Source : public MediaSource {
 public:
     // Caller retains ownership of both "dataSource" and "sampleTable".
@@ -836,6 +842,13 @@
     PathAdder autoAdder(&mPath, chunk_type);
 
     off64_t chunk_data_size = *offset + chunk_size - data_offset;
+    if (chunk_type != FOURCC('m', 'd', 'a', 't') && chunk_data_size > kMaxAtomSize) {
+        char errMsg[100];
+        sprintf(errMsg, "%s atom has size %" PRId64, chunk, chunk_data_size);
+        ALOGE("%s (b/28615448)", errMsg);
+        android_errorWriteWithInfoLog(0x534e4554, "28615448", -1, errMsg, strlen(errMsg));
+        return ERROR_MALFORMED;
+    }
 
     if (chunk_type != FOURCC('c', 'p', 'r', 't')
             && chunk_type != FOURCC('c', 'o', 'v', 'r')