diff --git a/src/jp2image.cpp b/src/jp2image.cpp
index eb31cea4a5..88ab9b2d61 100644
--- a/src/jp2image.cpp
+++ b/src/jp2image.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "image.hpp"
 #include "image_int.hpp"
 #include "basicio.hpp"
+#include "enforce.hpp"
 #include "error.hpp"
 #include "futils.hpp"
 #include "types.hpp"
@@ -353,7 +354,7 @@ static void boxes_check(size_t b,size_t m)
                             if (io_->error()) throw Error(kerFailedToReadImageData);
                             if (bufRead != rawData.size_) throw Error(kerInputDataReadFailed);
 
-                            if (rawData.size_ > 0)
+                            if (rawData.size_ > 8) // "II*\0long"
                             {
                                 // Find the position of Exif header in bytes array.
                                 long pos = (     (rawData.pData_[0]      == rawData.pData_[1])
@@ -497,6 +498,7 @@ static void boxes_check(size_t b,size_t m)
                 position   = io_->tell();
                 box.length = getLong((byte*)&box.length, bigEndian);
                 box.type = getLong((byte*)&box.type, bigEndian);
+                enforce(box.length <= io_->size()-io_->tell() , Exiv2::kerCorruptedMetadata);
 
                 if (bPrint) {
                     out << Internal::stringFormat("%8ld | %8ld | ", (size_t)(position - sizeof(box)),
@@ -581,12 +583,13 @@ static void boxes_check(size_t b,size_t m)
                                 throw Error(kerInputDataReadFailed);
 
                             if (bPrint) {
-                                out << Internal::binaryToString(makeSlice(rawData, 0, 40));
+                                out << Internal::binaryToString(
+                                        makeSlice(rawData, 0, rawData.size_>40?40:rawData.size_));
                                 out.flush();
                             }
                             lf(out, bLF);
 
-                            if (bIsExif && bRecursive && rawData.size_ > 0) {
+                            if (bIsExif && bRecursive && rawData.size_ > 8) { // "II*\0long"
                                 if ((rawData.pData_[0] == rawData.pData_[1]) &&
                                     (rawData.pData_[0] == 'I' || rawData.pData_[0] == 'M')) {
                                     BasicIo::AutoPtr p = BasicIo::AutoPtr(new MemIo(rawData.pData_, rawData.size_));
diff --git a/test/data/poc_1522.jp2 b/test/data/poc_1522.jp2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2a3f12152
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/data/poc_1522.jp2 differ
diff --git a/tests/bugfixes/github/test_issue_1522.py b/tests/bugfixes/github/test_issue_1522.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e5831b2516
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bugfixes/github/test_issue_1522.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import system_tests
+class issue_1522_exif_asan(metaclass=system_tests.CaseMeta):
+    url      = "https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/1522"
+    filename = "$data_path/poc_1522.jp2"
+    commands = ["$exiv2     $filename"
+               ,"$exiv2 -pS $filename"
+               ]
+    retval   = [ 253,1 ] 
+    stderr   = [ """Warning: Failed to decode Exif metadata.
+$filename: No Exif data found in the file
+""","""$exiv2_exception_message $filename:
+$kerCorruptedMetadata
+"""] 
+    stdout   = ["""File name       : $filename
+File size       : 268 Bytes
+MIME type       : image/jp2
+Image size      : 0 x 0
+""","""STRUCTURE OF JPEG2000 FILE: $filename
+ address |   length | box       | data
+       0 |       12 | jP        | 
+      12 |       25 | uuid      | Exif: .
+"""
+]