diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngDecoderCore.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngDecoderCore.cs
index 179bf38ba8..a96c53c104 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngDecoderCore.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngDecoderCore.cs
@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ internal sealed class PngDecoderCore : IImageDecoderInternals
     /// </summary>
     private readonly PngCrcChunkHandling pngCrcChunkHandling;
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The maximum memory in bytes that a zTXt, sPLT, iTXt, iCCP, or unknown chunk can occupy when decompressed.
+    /// </summary>
+    private readonly int maxUncompressedLength;
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="PngDecoderCore"/> class.
     /// </summary>
@@ -132,6 +137,7 @@ public PngDecoderCore(PngDecoderOptions options)
         this.skipMetadata = options.GeneralOptions.SkipMetadata;
         this.memoryAllocator = this.configuration.MemoryAllocator;
         this.pngCrcChunkHandling = options.PngCrcChunkHandling;
+        this.maxUncompressedLength = options.MaxUncompressedAncillaryChunkSizeBytes;
     }
 
     internal PngDecoderCore(PngDecoderOptions options, bool colorMetadataOnly)
@@ -143,6 +149,7 @@ internal PngDecoderCore(PngDecoderOptions options, bool colorMetadataOnly)
         this.configuration = options.GeneralOptions.Configuration;
         this.memoryAllocator = this.configuration.MemoryAllocator;
         this.pngCrcChunkHandling = options.PngCrcChunkHandling;
+        this.maxUncompressedLength = options.MaxUncompressedAncillaryChunkSizeBytes;
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc/>
@@ -596,23 +603,7 @@ private static void ReadGammaChunk(PngMetadata pngMetadata, ReadOnlySpan<byte> d
     private void InitializeImage<TPixel>(ImageMetadata metadata, FrameControl frameControl, out Image<TPixel> image)
         where TPixel : unmanaged, IPixel<TPixel>
     {
-        // When ignoring data CRCs, we can't use the image constructor that leaves the buffer uncleared.
-        if (this.pngCrcChunkHandling is PngCrcChunkHandling.IgnoreData or PngCrcChunkHandling.IgnoreAll)
-        {
-            image = new Image<TPixel>(
-                this.configuration,
-                this.header.Width,
-                this.header.Height,
-                metadata);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            image = Image.CreateUninitialized<TPixel>(
-                this.configuration,
-                this.header.Width,
-                this.header.Height,
-                metadata);
-        }
+        image = new Image<TPixel>(this.configuration, this.header.Width, this.header.Height, metadata);
 
         PngFrameMetadata frameMetadata = image.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.GetPngMetadata();
         frameMetadata.FromChunk(in frameControl);
@@ -1572,7 +1563,7 @@ private void ReadColorProfileChunk(ImageMetadata metadata, ReadOnlySpan<byte> da
 
         ReadOnlySpan<byte> compressedData = data[(zeroIndex + 2)..];
 
-        if (this.TryDecompressZlibData(compressedData, out byte[] iccpProfileBytes))
+        if (this.TryDecompressZlibData(compressedData, this.maxUncompressedLength, out byte[] iccpProfileBytes))
         {
             metadata.IccProfile = new IccProfile(iccpProfileBytes);
         }
@@ -1582,9 +1573,10 @@ private void ReadColorProfileChunk(ImageMetadata metadata, ReadOnlySpan<byte> da
     /// Tries to decompress zlib compressed data.
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="compressedData">The compressed data.</param>
+    /// <param name="maxLength">The maximum uncompressed length.</param>
     /// <param name="uncompressedBytesArray">The uncompressed bytes array.</param>
     /// <returns>True, if de-compressing was successful.</returns>
-    private unsafe bool TryDecompressZlibData(ReadOnlySpan<byte> compressedData, out byte[] uncompressedBytesArray)
+    private unsafe bool TryDecompressZlibData(ReadOnlySpan<byte> compressedData, int maxLength, out byte[] uncompressedBytesArray)
     {
         fixed (byte* compressedDataBase = compressedData)
         {
@@ -1604,6 +1596,12 @@ private unsafe bool TryDecompressZlibData(ReadOnlySpan<byte> compressedData, out
             int bytesRead = inflateStream.CompressedStream.Read(destUncompressedData, 0, destUncompressedData.Length);
             while (bytesRead != 0)
             {
+                if (memoryStreamOutput.Length > maxLength)
+                {
+                    uncompressedBytesArray = Array.Empty<byte>();
+                    return false;
+                }
+
                 memoryStreamOutput.Write(destUncompressedData[..bytesRead]);
                 bytesRead = inflateStream.CompressedStream.Read(destUncompressedData, 0, destUncompressedData.Length);
             }
@@ -1746,7 +1744,7 @@ private void ReadInternationalTextChunk(ImageMetadata metadata, ReadOnlySpan<byt
     /// <returns>The <see cref="bool"/>.</returns>
     private bool TryDecompressTextData(ReadOnlySpan<byte> compressedData, Encoding encoding, [NotNullWhen(true)] out string? value)
     {
-        if (this.TryDecompressZlibData(compressedData, out byte[] uncompressedData))
+        if (this.TryDecompressZlibData(compressedData, this.maxUncompressedLength, out byte[] uncompressedData))
         {
             value = encoding.GetString(uncompressedData);
             return true;
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngDecoderOptions.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngDecoderOptions.cs
index ab6ba4770e..abfa4b1da8 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngDecoderOptions.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngDecoderOptions.cs
@@ -15,4 +15,10 @@ public sealed class PngDecoderOptions : ISpecializedDecoderOptions
     /// Gets a value indicating how to handle validation of any CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) data within the encoded PNG.
     /// </summary>
     public PngCrcChunkHandling PngCrcChunkHandling { get; init; } = PngCrcChunkHandling.IgnoreNonCritical;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the maximum memory in bytes that a zTXt, sPLT, iTXt, iCCP, or unknown chunk can occupy when decompressed.
+    /// Defaults to 8MB
+    /// </summary>
+    public int MaxUncompressedAncillaryChunkSizeBytes { get; init; } = 8 * 1024 * 1024; // 8MB
 }
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Png/PngDecoderTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Png/PngDecoderTests.cs
index b9f6075fb8..9b165526eb 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Png/PngDecoderTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Png/PngDecoderTests.cs
@@ -672,4 +672,23 @@ public void Decode_Issue2666()
         string path = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(TestEnvironment.InputImagesDirectoryFullPath, TestImages.Png.Issue2666));
         using Image image = Image.Load(path);
     }
+
+    [Theory]
+
+    [InlineData(TestImages.Png.Bad.BadZTXT)]
+    [InlineData(TestImages.Png.Bad.BadZTXT2)]
+    public void Decode_BadZTXT(string file)
+    {
+        string path = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(TestEnvironment.InputImagesDirectoryFullPath, file));
+        using Image image = Image.Load(path);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(TestImages.Png.Bad.BadZTXT)]
+    [InlineData(TestImages.Png.Bad.BadZTXT2)]
+    public void Info_BadZTXT(string file)
+    {
+        string path = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(TestEnvironment.InputImagesDirectoryFullPath, file));
+        _ = Image.Identify(path);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestImages.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestImages.cs
index e72f6fad8d..00f7370f31 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestImages.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestImages.cs
@@ -186,8 +186,10 @@ public static class Bad
             // Invalid color type.
             public const string ColorTypeOne = "Png/xc1n0g08.png";
             public const string ColorTypeNine = "Png/xc9n2c08.png";
-
             public const string FlagOfGermany0000016446 = "Png/issues/flag_of_germany-0000016446.png";
+
+            public const string BadZTXT = "Png/issues/bad-ztxt.png";
+            public const string BadZTXT2 = "Png/issues/bad-ztxt2.png";
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Images/Input/Png/issues/bad-ztxt.png b/tests/Images/Input/Png/issues/bad-ztxt.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..710f888d0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Images/Input/Png/issues/bad-ztxt.png
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:132a70cf0ac458a55cf4a44f4c6c025587491d304595835959955de6682fa472
+size 3913750
diff --git a/tests/Images/Input/Png/issues/bad-ztxt2.png b/tests/Images/Input/Png/issues/bad-ztxt2.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..958c00e3f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Images/Input/Png/issues/bad-ztxt2.png
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:778a5fc8e915d79e9f55e58c6e4f646ae55dd7e866e65960754cb67a2b445987
+size 93