diff --git a/android/app/src/main/kotlin/deckers/thibault/aves/channel/calls/fetchers/SvgRegionFetcher.kt b/android/app/src/main/kotlin/deckers/thibault/aves/channel/calls/fetchers/SvgRegionFetcher.kt
index 614a87f0e..e453c7ffc 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/kotlin/deckers/thibault/aves/channel/calls/fetchers/SvgRegionFetcher.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/kotlin/deckers/thibault/aves/channel/calls/fetchers/SvgRegionFetcher.kt
@@ -32,7 +32,15 @@ class SvgRegionFetcher internal constructor(
     ) {
         if (!MemoryUtils.canAllocate(sizeBytes)) {
             // opening an SVG that large would yield an OOM during parsing from `com.caverock.androidsvg.SVGParser`
-            result.error("fetch-read-large", "SVG too large at $sizeBytes bytes, for uri=$uri regionRect=$regionRect", null)
+            result.error("fetch-read-large-file", "SVG too large at $sizeBytes bytes, for uri=$uri regionRect=$regionRect", null)
+            return
+        }
+
+        // use `Long` as rect size could be unexpectedly large and go beyond `Int` max
+        val targetBitmapSizeBytes: Long = ARGB_8888_BYTE_SIZE.toLong() * regionRect.width() * regionRect.height()
+        if (!MemoryUtils.canAllocate(targetBitmapSizeBytes)) {
+            // decoding a region that large would yield an OOM when creating the bitmap
+            result.error("fetch-read-large-region", "SVG region too large for uri=$uri regionRect=$regionRect", null)
             return
         }
 
@@ -106,4 +114,8 @@ class SvgRegionFetcher internal constructor(
         val uri: Uri,
         val svg: SVG,
     )
+
+    companion object {
+        const val ARGB_8888_BYTE_SIZE = 4
+    }
 }
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/kotlin/deckers/thibault/aves/utils/MimeTypes.kt b/android/app/src/main/kotlin/deckers/thibault/aves/utils/MimeTypes.kt
index d68d851b1..9d219a7a2 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/kotlin/deckers/thibault/aves/utils/MimeTypes.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/kotlin/deckers/thibault/aves/utils/MimeTypes.kt
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ object MimeTypes {
 
     // as of `metadata-extractor` v2.14.0
     fun canReadWithMetadataExtractor(mimeType: String) = when (mimeType) {
-        DJVU, WBMP -> false
+        DJVU, SVG, WBMP -> false
         MKV, MP2T, MP2TS, OGV, WEBM -> false
         else -> true
     }