diff --git a/src/client/refresh/files/wal.c b/src/client/refresh/files/wal.c
index 1999d67d..343b45ff 100644
--- a/src/client/refresh/files/wal.c
+++ b/src/client/refresh/files/wal.c
@@ -34,14 +34,21 @@ void
 GetWalInfo(char *name, int *width, int *height)
 {
 	miptex_t *mt;
+	int size;
 
-	ri.FS_LoadFile(name, (void **)&mt);
+	size = ri.FS_LoadFile(name, (void **)&mt);
 
 	if (!mt)
 	{
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if (size < sizeof(miptex_t))
+	{
+		ri.FS_FreeFile((void *)mt);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	*width = LittleLong(mt->width);
 	*height = LittleLong(mt->height);
 
diff --git a/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_image.c b/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_image.c
index 926409af..dd9829a4 100644
--- a/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_image.c
+++ b/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_image.c
@@ -1013,10 +1013,10 @@ R_LoadPic(char *name, byte *pic, int width, int realwidth,
 }
 
 static image_t *
-LoadWal(char *origname)
+LoadWal(char *origname, imagetype_t type)
 {
 	miptex_t *mt;
-	int width, height, ofs;
+	int width, height, ofs, size;
 	image_t *image;
 	char name[256];
 
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ LoadWal(char *origname)
 		Q_strlcat(name, ".wal", sizeof(name));
 	}
 
-	ri.FS_LoadFile(name, (void **)&mt);
+	size = ri.FS_LoadFile(name, (void **)&mt);
 
 	if (!mt)
 	{
@@ -1036,11 +1036,26 @@ LoadWal(char *origname)
 		return r_notexture;
 	}
 
+	if (size < sizeof(miptex_t))
+	{
+		R_Printf(PRINT_ALL, "LoadWal: can't load %s, small header\n", name);
+		ri.FS_FreeFile((void *)mt);
+		return r_notexture;
+	}
+
 	width = LittleLong(mt->width);
 	height = LittleLong(mt->height);
 	ofs = LittleLong(mt->offsets[0]);
 
-	image = R_LoadPic(name, (byte *)mt + ofs, width, 0, height, 0, it_wall, 8);
+	if ((ofs <= 0) || (width <= 0) || (height <= 0) ||
+	    (((size - ofs) / height) < width))
+	{
+		R_Printf(PRINT_ALL, "LoadWal: can't load %s, small body\n", name);
+		ri.FS_FreeFile((void *)mt);
+		return r_notexture;
+	}
+
+	image = R_LoadPic(name, (byte *)mt + ofs, width, 0, height, 0, type, 8);
 
 	ri.FS_FreeFile((void *)mt);
 
@@ -1078,7 +1093,7 @@ R_FindImage(char *name, imagetype_t type)
 
 	/* Remove the extension */
 	memset(namewe, 0, 256);
-	memcpy(namewe, name, len - 4);
+	memcpy(namewe, name, len - (strlen(ext) + 1));
 
 	if (len < 5)
 	{
@@ -1175,7 +1190,7 @@ R_FindImage(char *name, imagetype_t type)
 			else
 			{
 				/* WAL if no TGA/PNG/JPEG available (exists always) */
-				image = LoadWal(namewe);
+				image = LoadWal(namewe, type);
 			}
 
 			if (!image)
@@ -1186,7 +1201,7 @@ R_FindImage(char *name, imagetype_t type)
 		}
 		else /* gl_retexture is not set */
 		{
-			image = LoadWal(name);
+			image = LoadWal(name, type);
 
 			if (!image)
 			{
diff --git a/src/client/refresh/gl3/gl3_image.c b/src/client/refresh/gl3/gl3_image.c
index 9e3a2704..12d047ee 100644
--- a/src/client/refresh/gl3/gl3_image.c
+++ b/src/client/refresh/gl3/gl3_image.c
@@ -550,10 +550,10 @@ GL3_LoadPic(char *name, byte *pic, int width, int realwidth,
 }
 
 static gl3image_t *
-LoadWal(char *origname)
+LoadWal(char *origname, imagetype_t type)
 {
 	miptex_t *mt;
-	int width, height, ofs;
+	int width, height, ofs, size;
 	gl3image_t *image;
 	char name[256];
 
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ LoadWal(char *origname)
 		Q_strlcat(name, ".wal", sizeof(name));
 	}
 
-	ri.FS_LoadFile(name, (void **)&mt);
+	size = ri.FS_LoadFile(name, (void **)&mt);
 
 	if (!mt)
 	{
@@ -573,11 +573,26 @@ LoadWal(char *origname)
 		return gl3_notexture;
 	}
 
+	if (size < sizeof(miptex_t))
+	{
+		R_Printf(PRINT_ALL, "LoadWal: can't load %s, small header\n", name);
+		ri.FS_FreeFile((void *)mt);
+		return gl3_notexture;
+	}
+
 	width = LittleLong(mt->width);
 	height = LittleLong(mt->height);
 	ofs = LittleLong(mt->offsets[0]);
 
-	image = GL3_LoadPic(name, (byte *)mt + ofs, width, 0, height, 0, it_wall, 8);
+	if ((ofs <= 0) || (width <= 0) || (height <= 0) ||
+	    (((size - ofs) / height) < width))
+	{
+		R_Printf(PRINT_ALL, "LoadWal: can't load %s, small body\n", name);
+		ri.FS_FreeFile((void *)mt);
+		return gl3_notexture;
+	}
+
+	image = GL3_LoadPic(name, (byte *)mt + ofs, width, 0, height, 0, type, 8);
 
 	ri.FS_FreeFile((void *)mt);
 
@@ -615,7 +630,7 @@ GL3_FindImage(char *name, imagetype_t type)
 
 	/* Remove the extension */
 	memset(namewe, 0, 256);
-	memcpy(namewe, name, len - 4);
+	memcpy(namewe, name, len - (strlen(ext) + 1));
 
 	if (len < 5)
 	{
@@ -711,7 +726,7 @@ GL3_FindImage(char *name, imagetype_t type)
 			else
 			{
 				/* WAL if no TGA/PNG/JPEG available (exists always) */
-				image = LoadWal(namewe);
+				image = LoadWal(namewe, type);
 			}
 
 			if (!image)
@@ -722,7 +737,7 @@ GL3_FindImage(char *name, imagetype_t type)
 		}
 		else /* gl_retexture is not set */
 		{
-			image = LoadWal(name);
+			image = LoadWal(name, type);
 
 			if (!image)
 			{
diff --git a/src/client/refresh/soft/sw_image.c b/src/client/refresh/soft/sw_image.c
index f0c41b1e..c24cbebf 100644
--- a/src/client/refresh/soft/sw_image.c
+++ b/src/client/refresh/soft/sw_image.c
@@ -133,41 +133,80 @@ R_LoadPic (char *name, byte *pic, int width, int height, imagetype_t type)
 	return image;
 }
 
+static void
+R_Restore_Mip(unsigned char* src, unsigned char *dst, int height, int width)
+{
+	int x, y;
+	for (y=0; y<height; y++)
+	{
+		for (x=0; x<width; x++)
+		{
+			dst[x + y * width] = src[(x  + y * width)*2];
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 /*
 ================
 R_LoadWal
 ================
 */
 static image_t *
-R_LoadWal (char *name)
+R_LoadWal (char *name, imagetype_t type)
 {
 	miptex_t	*mt;
-	int			ofs;
+	int		ofs;
 	image_t		*image;
-	int			size;
+	int		size, file_size;
 
-	ri.FS_LoadFile (name, (void **)&mt);
+	file_size = ri.FS_LoadFile (name, (void **)&mt);
 	if (!mt)
 	{
 		R_Printf(PRINT_ALL, "R_LoadWal: can't load %s\n", name);
 		return r_notexture_mip;
 	}
 
+	if (file_size < sizeof(miptex_t))
+	{
+		R_Printf(PRINT_ALL, "R_LoadWal: can't load %s, small header\n", name);
+		ri.FS_FreeFile ((void *)mt);
+		return r_notexture_mip;
+	}
+
 	image = R_FindFreeImage ();
 	strcpy (image->name, name);
 	image->width = LittleLong (mt->width);
 	image->height = LittleLong (mt->height);
-	image->type = it_wall;
+	image->type = type;
 	image->registration_sequence = registration_sequence;
+	ofs = LittleLong (mt->offsets[0]);
+	size = image->width * image->height * (256+64+16+4)/256;
+
+	if ((ofs <= 0) || (image->width <= 0) || (image->height <= 0) ||
+	    ((file_size - ofs) / image->width < image->height))
+	{
+		R_Printf(PRINT_ALL, "LoadWal: can't load %s, small body\n", name);
+		ri.FS_FreeFile((void *)mt);
+		return r_notexture_mip;
+	}
 
-	size = image->width*image->height * (256+64+16+4)/256;
 	image->pixels[0] = malloc (size);
 	image->pixels[1] = image->pixels[0] + image->width*image->height;
 	image->pixels[2] = image->pixels[1] + image->width*image->height/4;
 	image->pixels[3] = image->pixels[2] + image->width*image->height/16;
 
-	ofs = LittleLong (mt->offsets[0]);
-	memcpy ( image->pixels[0], (byte *)mt + ofs, size);
+	if (size > (file_size - ofs))
+	{
+		memcpy ( image->pixels[0], (byte *)mt + ofs, file_size - ofs);
+		// looks to short restore everything from first image
+		R_Restore_Mip(image->pixels[0], image->pixels[1], image->height/2, image->width/2);
+		R_Restore_Mip(image->pixels[1], image->pixels[2], image->height/4, image->width/4);
+		R_Restore_Mip(image->pixels[2], image->pixels[3], image->height/8, image->width/8);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		memcpy ( image->pixels[0], (byte *)mt + ofs, size);
+	}
 
 	ri.FS_FreeFile ((void *)mt);
 
@@ -228,7 +267,7 @@ image_t	*R_FindImage (char *name, imagetype_t type)
 	}
 	else if (!strcmp(name+len-4, ".wal"))
 	{
-		image = R_LoadWal (name);
+		image = R_LoadWal (name, type);
 	}
 	else if (!strcmp(name+len-4, ".tga"))
 		return NULL; // ri.Sys_Error (ERR_DROP, "R_FindImage: can't load %s in software renderer", name);