diff --git a/common/protocol/quic/sniff.go b/common/protocol/quic/sniff.go
index 3a22d454..0691bad6 100644
--- a/common/protocol/quic/sniff.go
+++ b/common/protocol/quic/sniff.go
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ func SniffQUIC(b []byte) (*SniffHeader, error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, errNotQuic
 		}
+		// packetLen is impossible to be shorter than this
+		if packetLen < 4 {
+			return nil, errNotQuic
+		}
 
 		hdrLen := len(b) - int(buffer.Len())
 		if len(b) < hdrLen+int(packetLen) {
diff --git a/common/protocol/quic/sniff_test.go b/common/protocol/quic/sniff_test.go
index 121279b5..8a85ea87 100644
--- a/common/protocol/quic/sniff_test.go
+++ b/common/protocol/quic/sniff_test.go
@@ -267,3 +267,21 @@ func TestSniffQUICPacketNumberLength4(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("failed")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSniffFakeQUICPacketWithInvalidPacketNumberLength(t *testing.T) {
+	pkt, err := hex.DecodeString("cb00000001081c8c6d5aeb53d54400000090709b8600000000000000000000000000000000")
+	common.Must(err)
+	_, err = quic.SniffQUIC(pkt)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("failed")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSniffFakeQUICPacketWithTooShortData(t *testing.T) {
+	pkt, err := hex.DecodeString("cb00000001081c8c6d5aeb53d54400000090709b86")
+	common.Must(err)
+	_, err = quic.SniffQUIC(pkt)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("failed")
+	}
+}