Need advice on solving System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x88982F72)

We're getting this weird exception when trying to create a BitmapDecoder off an ASP.Net response stream. This is the line of code that throws the exception:

BitmapDecoder dec = BitmapDecoder.Create(
    Request.Files[0].InputStream, 
    BitmapCreateOptions.PreservePixelFormat, 
    BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad);

Here's some info on the file being uploaded:

Filename: bank statement.jpg, Content length: 266041, Mime type: image/jpeg

This is the exception stack trace:

System.IO.IOException: Cannot read from the stream. ---> 
    System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x88982F72): 
    Exception from HRESULT: 0x88982F72
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapDecoder.SetupDecoderFromUriOrStream(Uri uri, Stream stream, BitmapCacheOption cacheOption, Guid& clsId, Boolean& isOriginalWritable, Stream& uriStream, UnmanagedMemoryStream& unmanagedMemoryStream, SafeFileHandle& safeFilehandle)
at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapDecoder.CreateFromUriOrStream(Uri baseUri, Uri uri, Stream stream, BitmapCreateOptions createOptions, BitmapCacheOption cacheOption, RequestCachePolicy uriCachePolicy, Boolean insertInDecoderCache)
at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapDecoder.Create(Stream bitmapStream, BitmapCreateOptions createOptions, BitmapCacheOption cacheOption)

Does anyone have any ideas on how we can prevent this from happening?

0x88982f72 is actually WINCODEC_ERR_STREAMREAD (from Codec Error Codes), which indeed is "Cannot read from the stream".

If the stream is coming in from "the wild world" (aka: the Internet), it maybe mean that it's ...just garbage or a hack tentative. If your own tests work fine and don't exhibit this problem, I think it's fair to just handle this specific error and fail gracefully.