diff --git a/src/dds.imageio/ddsinput.cpp b/src/dds.imageio/ddsinput.cpp
index 2f6248dfdb..88260f2c0b 100644
--- a/src/dds.imageio/ddsinput.cpp
+++ b/src/dds.imageio/ddsinput.cpp
@@ -1090,8 +1090,8 @@ DDSInput::read_native_scanline(int subimage, int miplevel, int y, int z,
     // don't proceed if a cube map - use tiles then instead
     if (m_dds.caps.flags2 & DDS_CAPS2_CUBEMAP)
         return false;
-    if (m_buf.empty())
-        readimg_scanlines();
+    if (m_buf.empty() && !readimg_scanlines())
+        return false;
 
     size_t size   = spec().scanline_bytes();
     size_t offset = size_t(z) * m_spec.height * size + size_t(y) * size;
@@ -1116,8 +1116,8 @@ DDSInput::read_native_tile(int subimage, int miplevel, int x, int y, int z,
     if (m_dds.caps.flags2 & DDS_CAPS2_VOLUME) {
         // This is a 3D volume file. For DDS files, we are emulating tiles,
         // with each scanline as a tile.
-        if (m_buf.empty())
-            readimg_scanlines();
+        if (m_buf.empty() && !readimg_scanlines())
+            return false;
         // We reported scanlines as tiles, so x must be 0.
         if (x != 0)
             return false;
@@ -1151,8 +1151,8 @@ DDSInput::read_native_tile(int subimage, int miplevel, int x, int y, int z,
         m_buf.resize(m_spec.tile_bytes());  // resize destination buffer
         if (!w && !h && !d)  // face not present in file, black-pad the image
             memset(&m_buf[0], 0, m_spec.tile_bytes());
-        else
-            readimg_tiles();
+        else if (!readimg_tiles())
+            return false;
     }
 
     memcpy(data, &m_buf[0], m_spec.tile_bytes());
diff --git a/testsuite/dds/ref/out.txt b/testsuite/dds/ref/out.txt
index 3870f2b9df..0f21c60dfa 100644
--- a/testsuite/dds/ref/out.txt
+++ b/testsuite/dds/ref/out.txt
@@ -240,8 +240,10 @@ Reading ../oiio-images/dds/dds_dxgi_r16.dds
     textureformat: "Plain Texture"
     oiio:BitsPerSample: 16
 Reading ../oiio-images/dds/broken/dds_bc3_just_header.dds
+oiiotool ERROR: -info : SHA-1: Read error: hit end of file in dds reader
+Full command line was:
+> oiiotool --info -v -a --hash ../oiio-images/dds/broken/dds_bc3_just_header.dds
 ../oiio-images/dds/broken/dds_bc3_just_header.dds :   24 x   20, 4 channel, uint8 dds
-    SHA-1: 7070E1838A7C0595287731B65FB8062C365E7BED
     channel list: R, G, B, A
     compression: "DXT5"
     textureformat: "Plain Texture"
@@ -249,20 +251,26 @@ oiiotool ERROR: read : "../oiio-images/dds/broken/dds_bc3_no_full_header.dds": R
 Full command line was:
 > oiiotool --info -v -a --hash ../oiio-images/dds/broken/dds_bc3_no_full_header.dds
 Reading ../oiio-images/dds/broken/dds_bc7_just_header.dds
+oiiotool ERROR: -info : SHA-1: Read error: hit end of file in dds reader
+Full command line was:
+> oiiotool --info -v -a --hash ../oiio-images/dds/broken/dds_bc7_just_header.dds
 ../oiio-images/dds/broken/dds_bc7_just_header.dds :   24 x   20, 4 channel, uint8 dds
-    SHA-1: 7070E1838A7C0595287731B65FB8062C365E7BED
     channel list: R, G, B, A
     compression: "BC7"
     textureformat: "Plain Texture"
 Reading ../oiio-images/dds/broken/dds_bc7_not_enough_data.dds
+oiiotool ERROR: -info : SHA-1: Read error: hit end of file in dds reader
+Full command line was:
+> oiiotool --info -v -a --hash ../oiio-images/dds/broken/dds_bc7_not_enough_data.dds
 ../oiio-images/dds/broken/dds_bc7_not_enough_data.dds :   24 x   20, 4 channel, uint8 dds
-    SHA-1: 7070E1838A7C0595287731B65FB8062C365E7BED
     channel list: R, G, B, A
     compression: "BC7"
     textureformat: "Plain Texture"
 Reading src/crash-1634.dds
+oiiotool ERROR: -info : SHA-1: Read error: hit end of file in dds reader
+Full command line was:
+> oiiotool --info -v -a --hash src/crash-1634.dds
 src/crash-1634.dds   :   16 x    8, 1 channel, uint8 dds
-    SHA-1: CB82FD0F9EF1B69F3F3FF14077564AC2D6C11540
     channel list: Y
     textureformat: "Plain Texture"
     oiio:BitsPerSample: 16
@@ -278,3 +286,6 @@ src/crash-3950.dds   :   16 x    1, 4 channel, uint8 dds
 oiiotool ERROR: read : "src/crash-bpp.dds": Invalid DDS bytes-per-pixel (322122548). Possible corrupt input?
 Full command line was:
 > oiiotool --info -v -a --hash src/crash-bpp.dds
+oiiotool ERROR: read : "src/crash-bomb-32768.dds": dds header claims a 4096 MB image from a 128 byte file; probably a corrupt or malicious header
+Full command line was:
+> oiiotool --info -v -a --hash src/crash-bomb-32768.dds
diff --git a/testsuite/dds/run.py b/testsuite/dds/run.py
index 86a56549e9..03d98dcb69 100755
--- a/testsuite/dds/run.py
+++ b/testsuite/dds/run.py
@@ -65,3 +65,6 @@
 # crash-bpp.dds has a corrupt bytes-per-pixel that used to drive a multi-GB
 # allocation (OOM) before the native bpp was sanity-checked.
 command += info_command ("src/crash-bpp.dds", hash=True)
+# Tiny file declaring a huge DXT5 image (decompression bomb) is rejected
+# before the m_buf allocation.
+command += info_command ("src/crash-bomb-32768.dds", hash=True)
diff --git a/testsuite/dds/src/crash-bomb-32768.dds b/testsuite/dds/src/crash-bomb-32768.dds
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9fe125b2bb
Binary files /dev/null and b/testsuite/dds/src/crash-bomb-32768.dds differ