diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifDecoderCore.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifDecoderCore.cs
index ad073ccbb1..d9f6ae3ac4 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifDecoderCore.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifDecoderCore.cs
@@ -406,6 +406,11 @@ private void ReadComments(BufferedReadStream stream)
                 GifThrowHelper.ThrowInvalidImageContentException($"Gif comment length '{length}' exceeds max '{GifConstants.MaxCommentSubBlockLength}' of a comment data block");
             }
 
+            if (length == -1)
+            {
+                GifThrowHelper.ThrowInvalidImageContentException("Unexpected end of stream while reading gif comment");
+            }
+
             if (this.skipMetadata)
             {
                 stream.Seek(length, SeekOrigin.Current);
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Gif/GifDecoderTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Gif/GifDecoderTests.cs
index dcce56e881..0e0b240203 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Gif/GifDecoderTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Gif/GifDecoderTests.cs
@@ -381,4 +381,21 @@ public void Issue2859_LZWPixelStackOverflow<TPixel>(TestImageProvider<TPixel> pr
         image.DebugSaveMultiFrame(provider);
         image.CompareToReferenceOutputMultiFrame(provider, ImageComparer.Exact);
     }
+
+    // https://github.com/SixLabors/ImageSharp/issues/2953
+    [Theory]
+    [WithFile(TestImages.Gif.Issues.Issue2953, PixelTypes.Rgba32)]
+    public void Issue2953<TPixel>(TestImageProvider<TPixel> provider)
+        where TPixel : unmanaged, IPixel<TPixel>
+    {
+        // We should throw a InvalidImageContentException when trying to identify or load an invalid GIF file.
+        TestFile testFile = TestFile.Create(provider.SourceFileOrDescription);
+
+        Assert.Throws<InvalidImageContentException>(() => Image.Identify(testFile.FullPath));
+        Assert.Throws<InvalidImageContentException>(() => Image.Load(testFile.FullPath));
+
+        DecoderOptions options = new() { SkipMetadata = true };
+        Assert.Throws<InvalidImageContentException>(() => Image.Identify(options, testFile.FullPath));
+        Assert.Throws<InvalidImageContentException>(() => Image.Load(options, testFile.FullPath));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestImages.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestImages.cs
index e75e7fa482..39b90b28a4 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestImages.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestImages.cs
@@ -568,6 +568,7 @@ public static class Issues
             public const string Issue2866 = "Gif/issues/issue_2866.gif";
             public const string Issue2859_A = "Gif/issues/issue_2859_A.gif";
             public const string Issue2859_B = "Gif/issues/issue_2859_B.gif";
+            public const string Issue2953 = "Gif/issues/issue_2953.gif";
         }
 
         public static readonly string[] Animated =
diff --git a/tests/Images/Input/Gif/issues/issue_2953.gif b/tests/Images/Input/Gif/issues/issue_2953.gif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..98c06e5c58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Images/Input/Gif/issues/issue_2953.gif
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:4fa4a002b264a41677cc10f115f3572111852993a53ee8cea5f4ec0bf8dec195
+size 40