CVE-2021-3622 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	hivex	< hivex 1.3.21-1 (bookworm)	hivex 1.3.21-1 (bookworm)
fedoraproject	fedora	—	—
fedoraproject	fedora	—	—
msrc	cbl2_hivex_1.3.21-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0	—	—
msrc	cbl_mariner_2.0_arm	—	—
msrc	cbl_mariner_2.0_x64	—	—
redhat	enterprise_linux	—	—
redhat	enterprise_linux	—	—
redhat	enterprise_linux	—	—
redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	—	—
redhat	hivex	< 1.3.21	1.3.21
redhat	hivex	—	—
redhat	hivex	>= 0 < 1.3.21-1	1.3.21-1
redhat	hivex	>= 0 < 1.3.21-1	1.3.21-1
redhat	hivex	>= 0 < 1.3.21-1	1.3.21-1

GHSA

GHSA-rc2r-2mcx-6h65: A flaw was found in the hivex library

ghsa_unreviewed·2021-12-24

CVE-2021-3622 [MEDIUM] CWE-400 GHSA-rc2r-2mcx-6h65: A flaw was found in the hivex library 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.

OSV

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

osv·2021-12-23·CVSS 4.3

CVE-2021-3622 [MEDIUM] CVE-2021-3622: A flaw was found in the hivex library 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.

Microsoft

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 l

vendor_msrc·2021-12-14·CVSS 4.3

CVE-2021-3622 [MEDIUM] CWE-400 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 l 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. FAQ: Is Azure Linux the only Microsoft product that includes this open-source library and is therefore potentially affected by this vulnerability? One of the main benefits to our customers who choose to use the Azure Linux distro is the commitment to keep it up to date with the most recent and most secure versions of the open source libraries with which the distro is composed. Microsoft is committed to transparency in this work which is why we began publishing CSAF/VEX in October 2025. See this b

Red Hat

hivex: stack overflow due to recursive call of _get_children()

vendor_redhat·2021-08-02·CVSS 4.3

CVE-2021-3622 [MEDIUM] CWE-400 hivex: stack overflow due to recursive call of _get_children() hivex: stack overflow due to recursive call of _get_children() 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. 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. Statement: Any external program using the hivex library could be exposed to partial unavailability in case of a crash where a user can

Debian

CVE-2021-3622: hivex - A flaw was found in the hivex library. This flaw allows an attacker to input a s...

vendor_debian·2021·CVSS 4.3

CVE-2021-3622 [MEDIUM] CVE-2021-3622: hivex - A flaw was found in the hivex library. This flaw allows an attacker to input a s... 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. Scope: local bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1.3.21-1) bullseye: open forky: resolved (fixed in 1.3.21-1) sid: resolved (fixed in 1.3.21-1) trixie: resolved (fixed in 1.3.21-1)

CVE-2021-3622: 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…

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