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A flaw was found in the hivex library. This flaw allows...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Dec 24, 2021 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 3, 2023

Package

No package listedSuggest a package

Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 23, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 24, 2021
Last updated Feb 3, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

0.241%
(65th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-3622

GHSA ID

GHSA-rc2r-2mcx-6h65

Source code

No known source code

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