diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/pxrread.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/pxrread.rs
index eb7957ad9..fc3a32f15 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/pxrread.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/pxrread.rs
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ const TRUNCATED: &str = "the Pixar file is cut short";
 /// define.
 const DAMAGED: &str = "the Pixar file's header is damaged";
 
-/// The message for encoded tile data with a packet the format doesn't define, or one that runs
-/// past the end of its scan line.
+/// The message for a tile pointer into the header or the tile pointer table, and for encoded tile
+/// data with a packet the format doesn't define, or one that runs past the end of its scan line.
 const BAD_DATA: &str = "the Pixar file's image data is damaged";
 
 /// The channel bits of the picture format field (header byte 424): R, G, B and A, stored in this
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ pub(super) fn decode(bytes: &[u8], max_alloc: u64) -> Result<image::RgbaImage, S
     let layout =
         Layout { gray: format & 0b1110 == 0b1000, matted: alpha_mode == 0, alpha: format & 1 != 0, sample: if wide { 2 } else { 1 }, wide, stored };
     let (across, down) = (w.div_ceil(tile_w), h.div_ceil(tile_h));
-    let table = bytes.get(HEADER..HEADER + across * down * 8).ok_or(TRUNCATED)?;
+    // A table end past the largest address is past the end of the file too.
+    let table_end = across.checked_mul(down).and_then(|n| n.checked_mul(8)).and_then(|n| n.checked_add(HEADER)).ok_or(TRUNCATED)?;
+    let table = bytes.get(HEADER..table_end).ok_or(TRUNCATED)?;
     let empty = if layout.alpha { [0; 4] } else { [0, 0, 0, 255] };
     let mut img = image::RgbaImage::from_pixel(w as u32, h as u32, image::Rgba(empty));
     // The encoded data read in all, which a file whose tiles each hold their own data stays within.
@@ -131,6 +133,11 @@ pub(super) fn decode(bytes: &[u8], max_alloc: u64) -> Result<image::RgbaImage, S
         if length == -1 || pointer >= bytes.len() {
             return Err(TRUNCATED.into());
         }
+        // Tile data follows the tile pointer table; a pointer into the header or the table would
+        // read them as pixels.
+        if pointer < table_end {
+            return Err(BAD_DATA.into());
+        }
         let (x0, y0) = (n % across * tile_w, n / across * tile_h);
         // The part of the tile inside the picture; the pixels of border tiles past its edges are
         // stored and skipped.
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/tests_pxrread.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/tests_pxrread.rs
index 0562aacbb..f9e89e38f 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/tests_pxrread.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/tests_pxrread.rs
@@ -361,3 +361,17 @@ fn damaged_files_are_refused_with_a_message() {
         assert!(!is_pxr(&bad), "{bad:?}");
     }
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn tile_pointers_into_the_header_or_table_are_refused() {
+    // Tile data follows the tile pointer table, which ends at byte 520 in a one-tile picture.
+    let rgb = one(head(2, 1, RGB, 2), &[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]);
+    for pointer in [4u32, 511, 512, 519] {
+        let mut inside = rgb.clone();
+        inside[512..516].copy_from_slice(&pointer.to_le_bytes());
+        let e = raster_image(&inside).err().expect("refused").to_string();
+        assert_eq!(e, "the Pixar file's image data is damaged", "a pointer to byte {pointer}");
+    }
+    // A pointer at the table's end reads.
+    assert_eq!(pixels(&rgb), [[1, 2, 3, 255], [4, 5, 6, 255]]);
+}