CVE-2021-3622

CVE Details

Release Date:2021-12-23

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.

See more information about CVE-2021-3622 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v3.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score: 4.3 Base Metrics: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Access Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None User Interaction: Required
Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: Low

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (hivex)ELSA-2021-33382021-09-01
Oracle Linux version 8 (hivex)ELSA-2022-17592022-05-17
Oracle Linux version 8 (libguestfs)ELSA-2022-17592022-05-17
Oracle Linux version 8 (libguestfs-winsupport)ELSA-2022-17592022-05-17
Oracle Linux version 8 (libiscsi)ELSA-2022-17592022-05-17
Oracle Linux version 8 (libnbd)ELSA-2022-17592022-05-17
Oracle Linux version 8 (libtpms)ELSA-2022-17592022-05-17
Oracle Linux version 8 (libvirt)ELSA-2022-17592022-05-17
Oracle Linux version 8 (libvirt-dbus)ELSA-2022-17592022-05-17
Oracle Linux version 8 (libvirt-python)ELSA-2022-17592022-05-17
Oracle Linux version 8 (nbdkit)ELSA-2022-17592022-05-17
Oracle Linux version 8 (netcf)ELSA-2022-17592022-05-17
Oracle Linux version 8 (perl-Sys-Virt)ELSA-2022-17592022-05-17
Oracle Linux version 8 (qemu-kvm)ELSA-2022-17592022-05-17
Oracle Linux version 8 (seabios)ELSA-2022-17592022-05-17
Oracle Linux version 8 (sgabios)ELSA-2022-17592022-05-17
Oracle Linux version 8 (supermin)ELSA-2022-17592022-05-17
Oracle Linux version 8 (swtpm)ELSA-2022-17592022-05-17
Oracle Linux version 8 (virt-v2v)ELSA-2022-17592022-05-17



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