diff --git a/libavformat/aaxdec.c b/libavformat/aaxdec.c
index b08ee036ed..9b1c7933ae 100644
--- a/libavformat/aaxdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/aaxdec.c
@@ -251,6 +251,10 @@ static int aax_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
                 size  = avio_rb32(pb);
                 a->segments[r].start = start + a->data_offset;
                 a->segments[r].end   = a->segments[r].start + size;
+                if (r &&
+                    a->segments[r].start < a->segments[r-1].end &&
+                    a->segments[r].end   > a->segments[r-1].start)
+                    return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
             } else
                 return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
         }