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.
Published: 2021-12-23
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-26925 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.
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Fedoraproject Fedora
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Workstation Hivex
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:01:07.599Z

Reserved: 2021-06-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-3622

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-23T21:15:08.970

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:22:00.290

Link: CVE-2021-3622

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2021-08-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-3622 - Bugzilla

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