diff --git a/coders/mat.c b/coders/mat.c
index 515fc58..be7abaf 100644
--- a/coders/mat.c
+++ b/coders/mat.c
@@ -628,6 +628,7 @@
 
   (void) SeekBlob(image,0,SEEK_SET);
   ldblk=ReadBlobLSBLong(image);
+  if(EOFBlob(image)) return((Image *) NULL);
   if ((ldblk > 9999) || (ldblk < 0))
     return((Image *) NULL);
   HDR.Type[3]=ldblk % 10; ldblk /= 10;  /* T digit */
@@ -887,16 +888,20 @@
 MATLAB_KO: ThrowReaderException(CorruptImageError,"ImproperImageHeader");
 
   filepos = TellBlob(image);
-  while(!EOFBlob(image)) /* object parser loop */
+  while(filepos < GetBlobSize(image) && !EOFBlob(image)) /* object parser loop */
   {
     Frames = 1;
     (void) SeekBlob(image,filepos,SEEK_SET);
+    if(filepos > GetBlobSize(image) || filepos < 0)
+      break;
     /* printf("pos=%X\n",TellBlob(image)); */
 
     MATLAB_HDR.DataType = ReadBlobXXXLong(image);
     if(EOFBlob(image)) break;
     MATLAB_HDR.ObjectSize = ReadBlobXXXLong(image);
     if(EOFBlob(image)) break;
+    if((MagickSizeType) (MATLAB_HDR.ObjectSize+filepos) >= GetBlobSize(image))
+      goto MATLAB_KO;
     filepos += MATLAB_HDR.ObjectSize + 4 + 4;
 
     image2 = image;
@@ -1105,6 +1110,7 @@
   {
     if (logging) (void)LogMagickEvent(CoderEvent,GetMagickModule(),
              "  MAT cannot read scanrow %u from a file.", (unsigned)(MATLAB_HDR.SizeY-i-1));
+    ThrowReaderException(CorruptImageError,"UnexpectedEndOfFile");
     goto ExitLoop;
   }
         if((CellType==miINT8 || CellType==miUINT8) && (MATLAB_HDR.StructureFlag & FLAG_LOGICAL))