CVE-2024-1112Public exploit

Code execution via long filename heap overflow

Published Jan 31, 2024 · Updated May 29, 2025

Heap-based buffer overflow in Angus Johnson Resource Hacker 3.6.0.92 allows local users to execute code via a long filename argument. INCIBE has not identified the filename-processing function or disclosed how the argument overruns its heap allocation. Exploitation requires low privileges and user interaction, and successful exploitation executes code with the affected process's privileges.

CVSS severity7.3
High
EPSS probability1.59%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Heap-based buffer overflow in Angus Johnson Resource Hacker 3.6.0.92 allows local users to execute code via a long filename argument. INCIBE has not identified the filename-processing function or disclosed how the argument overruns its heap allocation. Exploitation requires low privileges and user interaction, and successful exploitation executes code with the affected process's privileges.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-1112
Published
Jan 31, 2024
Updated
May 29, 2025
Vendor
Angus Johnson
Product
Resource Hacker
Classifications
CWE-119, CWE-787, T1203
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jan 31, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. May 29, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=3.6.0.92

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Angus Johnson · Resource Hackerversion=3.6.0.92

Published CVSS scores

9.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.3INCIBECVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write
T1203Exploitation for Client Execution

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