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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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2021-12-23T20:31:25

Updated: 2021-12-23T20:31:44

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


Link: CVE-2021-3622

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2023-11-07T03:38:09.780


Link: CVE-2021-3622

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cve-icon Redhat Information

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