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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2656-1 hivex security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4913-1 hivex security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-26823 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5148-1 hivex vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5148-2 hivex vulnerability
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

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

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

Link: CVE-2021-3504

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:21:42.123

Link: CVE-2021-3504

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2021-3504 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.