diff --git a/src/iso.c b/src/iso.c
index 5a52be87b6..9a9f65f26f 100644
--- a/src/iso.c
+++ b/src/iso.c
@@ -1233,18 +1233,9 @@ BOOL ExtractISO(const char* src_iso, const char* dest_dir, BOOL scan)
 				char isolinux_tmp[MAX_PATH];
 				static_sprintf(isolinux_tmp, "%sisolinux.tmp", temp_dir);
 				size = (size_t)ExtractISOFile(src_iso, isolinux_path.String[i], isolinux_tmp, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL);
-				if (size == 0) {
+				if ((size == 0) || (read_file(isolinux_tmp, &buf) != size)) {
 					uprintf("  Could not access %s", isolinux_path.String[i]);
 				} else {
-					buf = (char*)calloc(size, 1);
-					if (buf == NULL) break;
-					fd = fopen(isolinux_tmp, "rb");
-					if (fd == NULL) {
-						free(buf);
-						continue;
-					}
-					fread(buf, 1, size, fd);
-					fclose(fd);
 					sl_version = GetSyslinuxVersion(buf, size, &ext);
 					if (img_report.sl_version == 0) {
 						static_strcpy(img_report.sl_version_ext, ext);
@@ -1315,15 +1306,10 @@ BOOL ExtractISO(const char* src_iso, const char* dest_dir, BOOL scan)
 			// coverity[swapped_arguments]
 			if (GetTempFileNameU(temp_dir, APPLICATION_NAME, 0, path) != 0) {
 				size = (size_t)ExtractISOFile(src_iso, grub_path, path, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL);
-				buf = (char*)calloc(size, 1);
-				fd = fopen(path, "rb");
-				if ((size == 0) || (buf == NULL) || (fd == NULL)) {
+				if ((size == 0) || (read_file(path, &buf) != size))
 					uprintf("  Could not read Grub version from '%s'", grub_path);
-				} else {
-					fread(buf, 1, size, fd);
-					fclose(fd);
+				else
 					GetGrubVersion(buf, size);
-				}
 				free(buf);
 				DeleteFileU(path);
 			}
diff --git a/src/rufus.c b/src/rufus.c
index e8035da120..82b0f6ef11 100755
--- a/src/rufus.c
+++ b/src/rufus.c
@@ -2032,7 +2032,7 @@ static void InitDialog(HWND hDlg)
 		len = 0;
 		buf = (char*)GetResource(hMainInstance, resource[i], _RT_RCDATA, "ldlinux_sys", &len, TRUE);
 		if (buf == NULL) {
-			uprintf("Warning: could not read embedded Syslinux v%d version", i+4);
+			uprintf("Warning: could not read embedded Syslinux v%d version", i + 4);
 		} else {
 			embedded_sl_version[i] = GetSyslinuxVersion(buf, len, &ext);
 			static_sprintf(embedded_sl_version_str[i], "%d.%02d", SL_MAJOR(embedded_sl_version[i]), SL_MINOR(embedded_sl_version[i]));
diff --git a/src/rufus.rc b/src/rufus.rc
index 68fc337323..0f7dfeab1a 100644
--- a/src/rufus.rc
+++ b/src/rufus.rc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ LANGUAGE LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
 IDD_DIALOG DIALOGEX 12, 12, 232, 326
 STYLE DS_SETFONT | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_CENTER | WS_MINIMIZEBOX | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
 EXSTYLE WS_EX_ACCEPTFILES
-CAPTION "Rufus 4.5.2127"
+CAPTION "Rufus 4.5.2128"
 FONT 9, "Segoe UI Symbol", 400, 0, 0x0
 BEGIN
     LTEXT           "Drive Properties",IDS_DRIVE_PROPERTIES_TXT,8,6,53,12,NOT WS_GROUP
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ END
 //
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
- FILEVERSION 4,5,2127,0
- PRODUCTVERSION 4,5,2127,0
+ FILEVERSION 4,5,2128,0
+ PRODUCTVERSION 4,5,2128,0
  FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
 #ifdef _DEBUG
  FILEFLAGS 0x1L
@@ -416,13 +416,13 @@ BEGIN
             VALUE "Comments", "https://rufus.ie"
             VALUE "CompanyName", "Akeo Consulting"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "FileVersion", "4.5.2127"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "4.5.2128"
             VALUE "InternalName", "Rufus"
             VALUE "LegalCopyright", "� 2011-2024 Pete Batard (GPL v3)"
             VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html"
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", "rufus-4.5.exe"
             VALUE "ProductName", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", "4.5.2127"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "4.5.2128"
         END
     END
     BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
diff --git a/src/syslinux.c b/src/syslinux.c
index f798894bde..ea728c8ad7 100644
--- a/src/syslinux.c
+++ b/src/syslinux.c
@@ -411,28 +411,30 @@ uint16_t GetSyslinuxVersion(char* buf, size_t buf_size, char** ext)
 		return 0;
 
 	// Start at 64 to avoid the short incomplete version at the beginning of ldlinux.sys
-	for (i=64; i<buf_size-64; i++) {
+	for (i = 64; i < buf_size - 64; i++) {
 		if (memcmp(&buf[i], LINUX, sizeof(LINUX)) == 0) {
 			// Check for ISO or SYS prefix
-			if (!( ((buf[i-3] == 'I') && (buf[i-2] == 'S') && (buf[i-1] == 'O'))
-			    || ((buf[i-3] == 'S') && (buf[i-2] == 'Y') && (buf[i-1] == 'S')) ))
+			if (!( ((buf[i - 3] == 'I') && (buf[i - 2] == 'S') && (buf[i - 1] == 'O'))
+			    || ((buf[i - 3] == 'S') && (buf[i - 2] == 'Y') && (buf[i - 1] == 'S')) ))
 			  continue;
 			i += sizeof(LINUX);
-			version = (((uint8_t)strtoul(&buf[i], &p, 10))<<8) + (uint8_t)strtoul(&p[1], &p, 10);
+			version = (((uint8_t)strtoul(&buf[i], &p, 10)) << 8) + (uint8_t)strtoul(&p[1], &p, 10);
+			// Our buffer is either from our internal legit syslinux (i.e. with a NUL terminated
+			// version string) or from a buffer that has been NUL-terminated through read_file(),
+			// so the string we work with in p is always NUL terminated at this stage.
 			if (version == 0)
 				continue;
-			p[safe_strlen(p)] = 0;
 			// Ensure that our extra version string starts with a slash
 			*p = '/';
 			// Remove the x.yz- duplicate if present
-			for (j=0; (buf[i+j] == p[1+j]) && (buf[i+j] != ' '); j++);
-			if (p[j+1] == '-')
+			for (j = 0; (buf[i + j] == p[1 + j]) && (buf[i + j] != ' '); j++);
+			if (p[j + 1] == '-')
 				j++;
 			if (j >= 4) {
 				p[j] = '/';
 				p = &p[j];
 			}
-			for (j=safe_strlen(p)-1; j>0; j--) {
+			for (j = safe_strlen(p) - 1; j > 0; j--) {
 				// Arch Linux affixes a star for their version - who knows what else is out there...
 				if ((p[j] == ' ') || (p[j] == '*'))
 					p[j] = 0;
@@ -440,15 +442,15 @@ uint16_t GetSyslinuxVersion(char* buf, size_t buf_size, char** ext)
 					break;
 			}
 			// Sanitize the string
-			for (j=1; j<safe_strlen(p); j++) {
+			for (j = 1; j < safe_strlen(p); j++) {
 				// Some people are bound to have invalid chars in their date strings
-				for (k=0; k<sizeof(unauthorized); k++) {
+				for (k = 0; k < sizeof(unauthorized); k++) {
 					if (p[j] == unauthorized[k])
 						p[j] = '_';
 				}
 			}
 			// If all we have is a slash, return the empty string for the extra version
-			*ext = (p[1] == 0)?nullstr:p;
+			*ext = (p[1] == 0) ? nullstr : p;
 			return version;
 		}
 	}