diff --git a/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyFramedInputStream.java b/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyFramedInputStream.java
index 8e975735..04a8a311 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyFramedInputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyFramedInputStream.java
@@ -551,6 +551,11 @@ private boolean ensureBuffer()
             input.position(frameData.offset);
 
             final int uncompressedLength = Snappy.uncompressedLength(input);
+            if (uncompressedLength > SnappyInputStream.MAX_CHUNK_SIZE) {
+                throw new SnappyIOException(SnappyErrorCode.INVALID_CHUNK_SIZE, String.format(
+                        "declared uncompressed length %,d exceeds the maximum chunk size of %,d bytes",
+                        uncompressedLength, SnappyInputStream.MAX_CHUNK_SIZE));
+            }
 
             if (uncompressedLength > uncompressedDirect.capacity()) {
                 bufferPool.releaseDirect(uncompressedDirect);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyFramedStreamTest.java b/src/test/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyFramedStreamTest.java
index e428bf98..292baf0e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyFramedStreamTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyFramedStreamTest.java
@@ -126,6 +126,32 @@ public void testShortBlockHeader()
         uncompressBlock(new byte[] {0});
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testDeclaredUncompressedLengthExceedsMaxBlockSize()
+            throws Exception
+    {
+        // Snappy block declaring 1 GiB uncompressed (varint 0x80 0x80 0x80 0x80 0x04),
+        // above SnappyInputStream.MAX_CHUNK_SIZE, followed by a single literal byte.
+        byte[] snappyBlock = {(byte) 0x80, (byte) 0x80, (byte) 0x80, (byte) 0x80, 0x04, 0x00, 0x61};
+        int chunkLength = 4 + snappyBlock.length;
+        byte[] chunk = new byte[4 + 4 + snappyBlock.length];
+        chunk[0] = COMPRESSED_DATA_FLAG;
+        chunk[1] = (byte) (chunkLength & 0xFF);
+        chunk[2] = (byte) ((chunkLength >>> 8) & 0xFF);
+        chunk[3] = (byte) ((chunkLength >>> 16) & 0xFF);
+        // masked crc32c (bytes 4..7) left as zero: the declared length must be
+        // rejected before the checksum is ever reached
+        System.arraycopy(snappyBlock, 0, chunk, 8, snappyBlock.length);
+
+        try {
+            uncompressBlock(chunk);
+            fail("expected SnappyIOException");
+        }
+        catch (SnappyIOException e) {
+            assertEquals(SnappyErrorCode.INVALID_CHUNK_SIZE, e.getErrorCode());
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test(expected = EOFException.class)
     public void testShortBlockData()
             throws Exception