CVE-2021-3622
Estado: ModificadaMedia (4.3)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Puntuación base: 4.3
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 4.79%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 92
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (4)
CWE
- CWE-400
Referencias
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975489
- https://github.com/libguestfs/hivex/commit/771728218dac2fbf6997a7e53225e75a4c6b7255
- https://listman.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2021-August/msg00002.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S35TVTAPHORSUIFYNFBHKLQRPVFUPXBE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/USD4OEV6L3RPHE32V2MJ4JPFBODINWSU/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975489
- https://github.com/libguestfs/hivex/commit/771728218dac2fbf6997a7e53225e75a4c6b7255
- https://listman.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2021-August/msg00002.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S35TVTAPHORSUIFYNFBHKLQRPVFUPXBE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/USD4OEV6L3RPHE32V2MJ4JPFBODINWSU/
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