diff --git a/Source/astcenccli_image_load_store.cpp b/Source/astcenccli_image_load_store.cpp
index 8708d30a..10a53f58 100644
--- a/Source/astcenccli_image_load_store.cpp
+++ b/Source/astcenccli_image_load_store.cpp
@@ -910,6 +910,39 @@ static void ktx_header_switch_endianness(ktx_header * kt)
 	#undef REV
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief Determine whether a stream still holds a given number of bytes.
+ *
+ * Loaders size allocations from header fields, so a header declaring more
+ * payload than the file holds must be rejected before the allocation.
+ *
+ * @param[in,out] file    The stream, positioned at the start of the payload.
+ * @param         bytes   The payload size the header declared.
+ *
+ * @return @c true if the stream holds at least @c bytes more data.
+ */
+static bool stream_holds_bytes(
+	std::ifstream& file,
+	size_t bytes
+) {
+	std::streampos start = file.tellg();
+	if (start < 0)
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	file.seekg(0, std::ios::end);
+	std::streampos end = file.tellg();
+	file.seekg(start);
+
+	if (file.fail() || (end < start))
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return static_cast<uint64_t>(end - start) >= static_cast<uint64_t>(bytes);
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief Load an uncompressed KTX image using the local custom loader.
  *
@@ -1201,6 +1234,12 @@ static astcenc_image_ptr load_ktx_uncompressed_image(
 		return nullptr;
 	}
 
+	if (!stream_holds_bytes(file, bytes_per_image))
+	{
+		print_error("ERROR: Image header corrupt '%s'\n", filename);
+		return nullptr;
+	}
+
 	std::unique_ptr<uint8_t[]> buf;
 	try
 	{
@@ -1383,6 +1422,12 @@ bool load_ktx_compressed_image(
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	if (!stream_holds_bytes(file, data_len))
+	{
+		print_error("ERROR: Image header corrupt '%s'\n", filename);
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	// Read the data
 	img.data.resize(data_len);
 	file.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(img.data.data()), data_len);
@@ -2078,6 +2123,12 @@ static astcenc_image_ptr load_dds_uncompressed_image(
 		return nullptr;
 	}
 
+	if (!stream_holds_bytes(file, bytes_per_image))
+	{
+		print_error("ERROR: Image header corrupt '%s'\n", filename);
+		return nullptr;
+	}
+
 	std::unique_ptr<uint8_t[]> buf;
 	try
 	{
@@ -2677,6 +2728,12 @@ int load_cimage(
 		return 1;
 	}
 
+	if (!stream_holds_bytes(file, data_size))
+	{
+		print_error("ERROR: Image header corrupt '%s'\n", filename);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
 	// Allocation may fail if image is suspiciously large
 	try
 	{
diff --git a/Test/astc_test_functional.py b/Test/astc_test_functional.py
index 063e0160..dbc7da59 100644
--- a/Test/astc_test_functional.py
+++ b/Test/astc_test_functional.py
@@ -2207,13 +2207,11 @@ def test_dl_corrupt_astc_magic(self) -> None:
 
     def test_dl_corrupt_astc_huge_size(self) -> None:
         '''
-        Test -dl with an astc file with a data size that will fail alloc.
+        Test -dl with an astc file declaring more data than the file holds.
 
-        Note this test will cause ASAN to error because ASAN itself cannot cope
-        with OOM issues. ASAN documentation says you can run with environment
-        ASAN_OPTIONS=allocator_may_return_null=1, but this doesn't seem to work
-        for allocations made with C++ new[]. This test will need to be disabled
-        when ASAN is used.
+        The loader compares the declared payload size against the bytes left in
+        the file before it allocates, so this is rejected as a corrupt header
+        and never reaches an allocation large enough to trouble ASAN.
         '''
         # Build a valid cmd with a bad image file
         cmd = [