# CVE-2024-1112: Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Resource Hacker

> An attacker can execute arbitrary code by providing a long filename argument to Resource Hacker, posing a risk to users of this desktop application.

- **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 31 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 29 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jjqj-xq2v-c8jx

## What is CVE-2024-1112?

CVE-2024-1112 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Angus Johnson Resource Hacker, published on 31 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Resource Hacker, developed by Angus Johnson, affecting version 3.6.0.92. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code via a long filename argument.

Weakness: CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write), CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1112?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Angusj Resource Hacker.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1112?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1112 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1112 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1112 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- https://github.com/enessakircolak/CVE-2024-1112 (github_poc): https://github.com/enessakircolak/CVE-2024-1112

## Other vulnerabilities in Angus Johnson Resource Hacker

- [CVE-2012-6553](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-6553/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1112 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1112 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Angus Johnson Resource Hacker, published on 31 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1112 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Angus Johnson Resource Hacker. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1112/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1112/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1112
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1112
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1112

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1112/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.