diff --git a/Tests/images/trailer_loop.pdf b/Tests/images/trailer_loop.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7bf27ca370e
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diff --git a/Tests/test_pdfparser.py b/Tests/test_pdfparser.py
index d85fb1212e3..cba6cd05390 100644
--- a/Tests/test_pdfparser.py
+++ b/Tests/test_pdfparser.py
@@ -125,3 +125,8 @@ def test_duplicate_xref_entry() -> None:
     pdf = PdfParser("Tests/images/duplicate_xref_entry.pdf")
     assert pdf.xref_table.existing_entries[6][0] == 1197
     pdf.close()
+
+
+def test_trailer_loop() -> None:
+    with pytest.raises(PdfFormatError, match="trailer loop found"):
+        PdfParser("Tests/images/trailer_loop.pdf")
diff --git a/src/PIL/PdfParser.py b/src/PIL/PdfParser.py
index 2c9031469ad..f7f3a46431d 100644
--- a/src/PIL/PdfParser.py
+++ b/src/PIL/PdfParser.py
@@ -685,7 +685,9 @@ def read_trailer(self) -> None:
         if b"Prev" in self.trailer_dict:
             self.read_prev_trailer(self.trailer_dict[b"Prev"])
 
-    def read_prev_trailer(self, xref_section_offset: int) -> None:
+    def read_prev_trailer(
+        self, xref_section_offset: int, processed_offsets: list[int] = []
+    ) -> None:
         assert self.buf is not None
         trailer_offset = self.read_xref_table(xref_section_offset=xref_section_offset)
         m = self.re_trailer_prev.search(
@@ -700,7 +702,11 @@ def read_prev_trailer(self, xref_section_offset: int) -> None:
         )
         trailer_dict = self.interpret_trailer(trailer_data)
         if b"Prev" in trailer_dict:
-            self.read_prev_trailer(trailer_dict[b"Prev"])
+            processed_offsets.append(xref_section_offset)
+            check_format_condition(
+                trailer_dict[b"Prev"] not in processed_offsets, "trailer loop found"
+            )
+            self.read_prev_trailer(trailer_dict[b"Prev"], processed_offsets)
 
     re_whitespace_optional = re.compile(whitespace_optional)
     re_name = re.compile(