diff --git a/lib/src/formats/psd/psd_channel.dart b/lib/src/formats/psd/psd_channel.dart
index 2a295767..9ac30357 100644
--- a/lib/src/formats/psd/psd_channel.dart
+++ b/lib/src/formats/psd/psd_channel.dart
@@ -106,11 +106,17 @@ class PsdChannel {
       if (n < 0) {
         n = 1 - n;
         final b = src.readByte();
+        if ((dstIndex + n) > dst.length) {
+          n = dst.length - dstIndex;
+        }
         for (var i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
           dst[dstIndex++] = b;
         }
       } else {
         n++;
+        if ((dstIndex + n) > dst.length) {
+          n = dst.length - dstIndex;
+        }
         for (var i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
           dst[dstIndex++] = src.readByte();
         }
diff --git a/lib/src/image/image.dart b/lib/src/image/image.dart
index 9d470dac..e46be3a9 100644
--- a/lib/src/image/image.dart
+++ b/lib/src/image/image.dart
@@ -361,10 +361,6 @@ class Image extends Iterable<Pixel> {
       Palette? palette,
       ExifData? exif,
       IccProfile? iccp}) {
-    if (numChannels < 1 || numChannels > 4) {
-      throw ImageException('Invalid number of channels for image $numChannels.'
-          ' Must be between 1 and 4.');
-    }
     iccProfile = iccp;
     if (exif != null) {
       _exif = ExifData.from(exif);
diff --git a/test/_data/psd/rle_crash.psd b/test/_data/psd/rle_crash.psd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6bfa7e7
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