diff --git a/src/core/fonts.js b/src/core/fonts.js
index dad5259fb..1f2f46de5 100644
--- a/src/core/fonts.js
+++ b/src/core/fonts.js
@@ -3175,6 +3175,10 @@ var Font = (function FontClosure() {
             coordinatesLength += repeat * xyLength;
           }
         }
+        // glyph without coordinates will be rejected
+        if (coordinatesLength === 0) {
+          return 0;
+        }
         var glyphDataLength = j + coordinatesLength;
         if (glyphDataLength > glyf.length) {
           // not enough data for coordinates
diff --git a/test/pdfs/.gitignore b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
index f4b3d7ec9..f88789fda 100644
--- a/test/pdfs/.gitignore
+++ b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 !devicen.pdf
 !cmykjpeg.pdf
 !issue840.pdf
+!issue3438.pdf
 !issue2074.pdf
 !scan-bad.pdf
 !bug860632.pdf
diff --git a/test/pdfs/issue3438.pdf b/test/pdfs/issue3438.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c426c22d
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/pdfs/issue3438.pdf differ
diff --git a/test/test_manifest.json b/test/test_manifest.json
index 414ef0d16..4ef1ca4ac 100644
--- a/test/test_manifest.json
+++ b/test/test_manifest.json
@@ -1304,6 +1304,12 @@
       "rounds": 1,
       "type": "eq"
     },
+    {  "id": "issue3438",
+      "file": "pdfs/issue3438.pdf",
+      "md5": "5aa3340b0920b65a377f697587668f89",
+      "rounds": 1,
+      "type": "eq"
+    },
     {  "id": "bug886717",
       "file": "pdfs/bug886717.pdf",
       "md5": "8ba614192797a1324765610231a1bc9d",