diff --git a/src/core/evaluator.js b/src/core/evaluator.js
index 508035797..ee1883524 100644
--- a/src/core/evaluator.js
+++ b/src/core/evaluator.js
@@ -512,7 +512,8 @@ var PartialEvaluator = (function PartialEvaluatorClosure() {
           this.xref,
           resources,
           this.pdfFunctionFactory
-        )
+        ) &&
+        image.maybeValidDimensions
       ) {
         // These JPEGs don't need any more processing so we can just send it.
         return this.handler
diff --git a/src/core/image_utils.js b/src/core/image_utils.js
index d12862ddf..294ec14a2 100644
--- a/src/core/image_utils.js
+++ b/src/core/image_utils.js
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ class NativeImageDecoder {
         this.xref,
         this.resources,
         this.pdfFunctionFactory
-      )
+      ) &&
+      image.maybeValidDimensions
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/src/core/jpeg_stream.js b/src/core/jpeg_stream.js
index 582e194f3..068f75e6e 100644
--- a/src/core/jpeg_stream.js
+++ b/src/core/jpeg_stream.js
@@ -109,6 +109,135 @@ const JpegStream = (function JpegStreamClosure() {
     this.eof = true;
   };
 
+  Object.defineProperty(JpegStream.prototype, "maybeValidDimensions", {
+    get: function JpegStream_maybeValidDimensions() {
+      const { dict, stream } = this;
+      const dictHeight = dict.get("Height", "H");
+      const startPos = stream.pos;
+
+      let validDimensions = true,
+        foundSOF = false,
+        b;
+      while ((b = stream.getByte()) !== -1) {
+        if (b !== 0xff) {
+          // Not a valid marker.
+          continue;
+        }
+        switch (stream.getByte()) {
+          case 0xc0: // SOF0
+          case 0xc1: // SOF1
+          case 0xc2: // SOF2
+            // These three SOF{n} markers are the only ones that the built-in
+            // PDF.js JPEG decoder currently supports.
+            foundSOF = true;
+
+            stream.pos += 2; // Skip marker length.
+            stream.pos += 1; // Skip precision.
+            const scanLines = stream.getUint16();
+
+            // The "normal" case, where the image data and dictionary agrees.
+            if (scanLines === dictHeight) {
+              break;
+            }
+            // A DNL (Define Number of Lines) marker is expected,
+            // which browsers (usually) cannot decode natively.
+            if (scanLines === 0) {
+              validDimensions = false;
+              break;
+            }
+            // The dimensions of the image, among other properties, should
+            // always be taken from the image data *itself* rather than the
+            // XObject dictionary. However there's cases of corrupt images that
+            // browsers cannot decode natively, for example:
+            //  - JPEG images with DNL markers, where the SOF `scanLines`
+            //    parameter has an unexpected value (see issue 8614).
+            //  - JPEG images with too large SOF `scanLines` parameter, where
+            //    the EOI marker is encountered prematurely (see issue 10880).
+            // In an attempt to handle these kinds of corrupt images, compare
+            // the dimensions in the image data with the dictionary and *always*
+            // let the PDF.js JPEG decoder (rather than the browser) handle the
+            // image if the difference is larger than one order of magnitude
+            // (since that would generally suggest that something is off).
+            if (scanLines > dictHeight * 10) {
+              validDimensions = false;
+              break;
+            }
+            break;
+
+          case 0xc3: // SOF3
+          /* falls through */
+          case 0xc5: // SOF5
+          case 0xc6: // SOF6
+          case 0xc7: // SOF7
+          /* falls through */
+          case 0xc9: // SOF9
+          case 0xca: // SOF10
+          case 0xcb: // SOF11
+          /* falls through */
+          case 0xcd: // SOF13
+          case 0xce: // SOF14
+          case 0xcf: // SOF15
+            foundSOF = true;
+            break;
+
+          case 0xc4: // DHT
+          case 0xcc: // DAC
+          /* falls through */
+          case 0xda: // SOS
+          case 0xdb: // DQT
+          case 0xdc: // DNL
+          case 0xdd: // DRI
+          case 0xde: // DHP
+          case 0xdf: // EXP
+          /* falls through */
+          case 0xe0: // APP0
+          case 0xe1: // APP1
+          case 0xe2: // APP2
+          case 0xe3: // APP3
+          case 0xe4: // APP4
+          case 0xe5: // APP5
+          case 0xe6: // APP6
+          case 0xe7: // APP7
+          case 0xe8: // APP8
+          case 0xe9: // APP9
+          case 0xea: // APP10
+          case 0xeb: // APP11
+          case 0xec: // APP12
+          case 0xed: // APP13
+          case 0xee: // APP14
+          case 0xef: // APP15
+          /* falls through */
+          case 0xfe: // COM
+            const markerLength = stream.getUint16();
+            if (markerLength > 2) {
+              stream.skip(markerLength - 2); // Jump to the next marker.
+            } else {
+              // The marker length is invalid, resetting the stream position.
+              stream.skip(-2);
+            }
+            break;
+
+          case 0xff: // Fill byte.
+            // Avoid skipping a valid marker, resetting the stream position.
+            stream.skip(-1);
+            break;
+
+          case 0xd9: // EOI
+            foundSOF = true;
+            break;
+        }
+        if (foundSOF) {
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+      // Finally, don't forget to reset the stream position.
+      stream.pos = startPos;
+
+      return shadow(this, "maybeValidDimensions", validDimensions);
+    },
+    configurable: true,
+  });
+
   JpegStream.prototype.getIR = function(forceDataSchema = false) {
     return createObjectURL(this.bytes, "image/jpeg", forceDataSchema);
   };