ghsa-rc2r-2mcx-6h65
Vulnerability from github
Published
2021-12-24 00:00
Modified
2022-01-11 00:02
Details

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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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-3622"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-400"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-12-23T21:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-rc2r-2mcx-6h65",
  "modified": "2022-01-11T00:02:16Z",
  "published": "2021-12-24T00:00:21Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3622"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/libguestfs/hivex/commit/771728218dac2fbf6997a7e53225e75a4c6b7255"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975489"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://listman.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2021-August/msg00002.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S35TVTAPHORSUIFYNFBHKLQRPVFUPXBE"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/USD4OEV6L3RPHE32V2MJ4JPFBODINWSU"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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