diff --git a/lib/exif/ExifImage.js b/lib/exif/ExifImage.js
index 636a6be..f3e5573 100644
--- a/lib/exif/ExifImage.js
+++ b/lib/exif/ExifImage.js
@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ ExifImage.prototype.extractExifData = function (data, start, length) {
 		// Each IFD entry consists of 12 bytes which we loop through and extract
 		// the data from
 		for (var i = 0; i < numberOfEntries; i++) {
+			if (numberOfEntries > 1000) {
+			  break;
+			}
 			var exifEntry = self.extractExifEntry(data, (ifdOffset + 2 + (i * 12)), tiffOffset, this.isBigEndian, ExifImage.TAGS.exif);
 			if (exifEntry && exifEntry.tagName !== null) this.exifData.exif[exifEntry.tagName] = exifEntry.value;
 		}