diff --git a/src/jp2image.cpp b/src/jp2image.cpp
index 0de088d..d5cd134 100644
--- a/src/jp2image.cpp
+++ b/src/jp2image.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
  */
 
+/*
+  File:      jp2image.cpp
+*/
+
 // *****************************************************************************
 
 // included header files
@@ -193,16 +197,6 @@ namespace Exiv2
         return result;
     }
 
-static void boxes_check(size_t b,size_t m)
-{
-    if ( b > m ) {
-#ifdef EXIV2_DEBUG_MESSAGES
-        std::cout << "Exiv2::Jp2Image::readMetadata box maximum exceeded" << std::endl;
-#endif
-        throw Error(kerCorruptedMetadata);
-    }
-}
-
     void Jp2Image::readMetadata()
     {
 #ifdef EXIV2_DEBUG_MESSAGES
@@ -225,12 +219,9 @@ static void boxes_check(size_t b,size_t m)
         Jp2BoxHeader      subBox    = {0,0};
         Jp2ImageHeaderBox ihdr      = {0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0};
         Jp2UuidBox        uuid      = {{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0}};
-        size_t            boxes     = 0 ;
-        size_t            boxem     = 1000 ; // boxes max
 
         while (io_->read((byte*)&box, sizeof(box)) == sizeof(box))
         {
-            boxes_check(boxes++,boxem );
             position   = io_->tell();
             box.length = getLong((byte*)&box.length, bigEndian);
             box.type   = getLong((byte*)&box.type, bigEndian);
@@ -260,12 +251,8 @@ static void boxes_check(size_t b,size_t m)
 
                     while (io_->read((byte*)&subBox, sizeof(subBox)) == sizeof(subBox) && subBox.length )
                     {
-                        boxes_check(boxes++, boxem) ;
                         subBox.length = getLong((byte*)&subBox.length, bigEndian);
                         subBox.type   = getLong((byte*)&subBox.type, bigEndian);
-                        if (subBox.length > io_->size() ) {
-                            throw Error(kerCorruptedMetadata);
-                        }
 #ifdef EXIV2_DEBUG_MESSAGES
                         std::cout << "Exiv2::Jp2Image::readMetadata: "
                         << "subBox = " << toAscii(subBox.type) << " length = " << subBox.length << std::endl;
@@ -321,9 +308,7 @@ static void boxes_check(size_t b,size_t m)
                         }
 
                         io_->seek(restore,BasicIo::beg);
-                        if ( io_->seek(subBox.length, Exiv2::BasicIo::cur) != 0 ) {
-                            throw Error(kerCorruptedMetadata);
-                        }
+                        io_->seek(subBox.length, Exiv2::BasicIo::cur);
                         restore = io_->tell();
                     }
                     break;
diff --git a/tests/bugfixes/github/test_CVE_2017_17725.py b/tests/bugfixes/github/test_CVE_2017_17725.py
index 670a75d..1127b98 100644
--- a/tests/bugfixes/github/test_CVE_2017_17725.py
+++ b/tests/bugfixes/github/test_CVE_2017_17725.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class TestCvePoC(metaclass=system_tests.CaseMeta):
     filename = "$data_path/poc_2017-12-12_issue188"
     commands = ["$exiv2 " + filename]
     stdout = [""]
-    stderr = ["""$exiv2_exception_message """ + filename + """:
-$kerCorruptedMetadata
+    stderr = ["""$exiv2_overflow_exception_message """ + filename + """:
+$addition_overflow_message
 """]
     retval = [1]