diff --git a/Extension/Assets/loose_files.cpp b/Extension/Assets/loose_files.cpp
index 03e414b5..932958b2 100644
--- a/Extension/Assets/loose_files.cpp
+++ b/Extension/Assets/loose_files.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ struct State {
 // Hooks and the native mount live until process exit, like the pinned runtime.
 State& state() { static auto* value = new State; return *value; }
 
-// Supported September 8 build, checked after runtime image validation.
+// Supported game build, checked after runtime image validation.
 bool validate_contract(std::uintptr_t base) {
     struct Contract { std::uintptr_t rva; std::span<const unsigned char> bytes; };
     const Contract contracts[]{
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ bool validate_contract(std::uintptr_t base) {
     for (const auto& contract : contracts) {
         std::array<unsigned char, 32> actual{};
         SIZE_T count{};
-        if (!ReadProcessMemory(GetCurrentProcess(), reinterpret_cast<const void*>(base + contract.rva),
+        if (contract.bytes.size() > actual.size() || // a longer prefix would overrun actual
+            !ReadProcessMemory(GetCurrentProcess(), reinterpret_cast<const void*>(base + contract.rva),
                 actual.data(), contract.bytes.size(), &count) || count != contract.bytes.size() ||
             std::memcmp(actual.data(), contract.bytes.data(), contract.bytes.size())) return false;
     }
diff --git a/Extension/Assets/mod_layers.cpp b/Extension/Assets/mod_layers.cpp
index 840d7be2..b3f4e1f8 100644
--- a/Extension/Assets/mod_layers.cpp
+++ b/Extension/Assets/mod_layers.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ bool read_memory(std::uintptr_t address, void* destination, std::size_t size) no
         destination, size, &read) && read == size;
 }
 
-// Supported September 8 build, checked after runtime image validation.
+// Supported game build, checked after runtime image validation.
 bool validate_contract(std::uintptr_t base) noexcept {
     struct Contract { std::uintptr_t rva; std::span<const std::uint8_t> bytes; };
     const Contract contracts[]{
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ bool validate_contract(std::uintptr_t base) noexcept {
         {layers::layout_bootstrap, layers::layout_bootstrap_prefix}};
     for (const auto& contract : contracts) {
         std::array<std::uint8_t, 32> actual{};
-        if (!read_memory(base + contract.rva, actual.data(), contract.bytes.size()) ||
+        if (contract.bytes.size() > actual.size() || // a longer prefix would overrun actual
+            !read_memory(base + contract.rva, actual.data(), contract.bytes.size()) ||
             std::memcmp(actual.data(), contract.bytes.data(), contract.bytes.size())) return false;
     }
     std::uintptr_t slot{};