A flaw was found in the hivex library in versions before 1.3.20. It is caused due to a lack of bounds check within the hivex_open function. An attacker could input a specially crafted Windows Registry (hive) file which would cause hivex to read memory beyond its normal bounds or cause the program to crash. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2021-05-11T22:30:25

Updated: 2024-08-03T16:53:17.616Z

Reserved: 2021-04-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-3504

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-05-11T23:15:09.050

Modified: 2023-11-07T03:38:03.310

Link: CVE-2021-3504

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-05-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-3504 - Bugzilla