CVE-2021-3504 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Reference

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1949687 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00011.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BQXTEACRWYAZVNEOIWIYUFGG4GOXSQ22/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5BNKNVYFL36P2GBEB5O36LHFRYU575H/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

LOW

Base Severity

5.4