diff --git a/libavformat/icecast.c b/libavformat/icecast.c
index 3146d7f384..323d330e42 100644
--- a/libavformat/icecast.c
+++ b/libavformat/icecast.c
@@ -70,8 +70,14 @@ static const AVOption options[] = {
 
 static void cat_header(AVBPrint *bp, const char key[], const char value[])
 {
-    if (NOT_EMPTY(value))
+    if (NOT_EMPTY(value)) {
+        if (strpbrk(value, "\r\n")) {
+            av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR,
+                   "Refusing to send '%s' header: value contains CR/LF\n", key);
+            return;
+        }
         av_bprintf(bp, "%s: %s\r\n", key, value);
+    }
 }
 
 static int icecast_close(URLContext *h)