diff --git a/include/llvm/Object/ELF.h b/include/llvm/Object/ELF.h
index d1de25d2821..2c715bffa2f 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Object/ELF.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Object/ELF.h
@@ -347,6 +347,12 @@ ELFFile<ELFT>::ELFFile(StringRef Object, std::error_code &EC)
   // The getNumSections() call below depends on SectionHeaderTable being set.
   SectionHeaderTable =
     reinterpret_cast<const Elf_Shdr *>(base() + SectionTableOffset);
+  if (getNumSections() > UINT64_MAX / Header->e_shentsize) {
+    // Section table goes past end of file!
+    EC = object_error::parse_failed;
+    return;
+  }
+
   const uint64_t SectionTableSize = getNumSections() * Header->e_shentsize;
 
   if (SectionTableOffset + SectionTableSize > FileSize) {
diff --git a/test/Object/Inputs/invalid-sections-num.elf b/test/Object/Inputs/invalid-sections-num.elf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d8d5bc8fe2b
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/Object/Inputs/invalid-sections-num.elf differ
diff --git a/test/Object/invalid.test b/test/Object/invalid.test
index a0016fef9d5..dd431aa3a55 100644
--- a/test/Object/invalid.test
+++ b/test/Object/invalid.test
@@ -76,3 +76,6 @@ INVALID-SEC-ADDRESS-ALIGNMENT: Invalid data was encountered while parsing the fi
 RUN: not llvm-readobj -t %p/Inputs/invalid-section-size2.elf 2>&1 | \
 RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefix=INVALID-SECTION-SIZE2 %s
 INVALID-SECTION-SIZE2: Invalid data was encountered while parsing the file.
+
+RUN: not llvm-readobj -t %p/Inputs/invalid-sections-num.elf 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=INVALID-SECTION-NUM %s
+INVALID-SECTION-NUM: Invalid data was encountered while parsing the file.