# CVE-2021-3622: A flaw was found in the hivex library.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-12-23 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a hivex: hivex-1.3.21

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a hivex, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/USD4OEV6L3RPHE32V2MJ4JPFBODINWSU/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S35TVTAPHORSUIFYNFBHKLQRPVFUPXBE/
- 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

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