CVE-2021-3622 | BDVDB-2026-166439 Detail
hivex
Description#
A flaw was found in the hivex library. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted Windows Registry (hive) file, which would cause hivex to recursively call the _get_children() function, leading to a stack overflow. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References#
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/USD4OEV6L3RPHE32V2MJ4JPFBODINWSU/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S35TVTAPHORSUIFYNFBHKLQRPVFUPXBE/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975489
- https://github.com/libguestfs/hivex/commit/771728218dac2fbf6997a7e53225e75a4c6b7255
- https://listman.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2021-August/msg00002.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.