CVE-2012-6553

CRITICAL 9.3CVE-2012-6553 · Published 23/05/2013 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-6553 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability affecting resource hacker (angusj).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 5.5%, higher than 92.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
resource hacker angusj	`= 3.6.0.92`	No fix yet

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Resource Hacker 3.6.0.92 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Portable Executable (PE) file with a resource section containing a string that has many tab or line feed characters.

References

secunia.com/advisories/49217 · Vendor Advisory
waleedassar.blogspot.com/2012/05/resource-hacker-heap-overflow.html · Exploit
securityfocus.com/bid/53608
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75738

More vulnerabilities in resource hacker

See all →

Running one of these products? Scan your site to see whether it exposes a vulnerable version.

Scan my site free