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CVE-2021-3504 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.4 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1949687 CVEIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00011.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5BNKNVYFL36P2GBEB5O36LHFRYU575H/ CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BQXTEACRWYAZVNEOIWIYUFGG4GOXSQ22/ CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1949687 [email protected]Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
redhat hivex
< 1.3.20

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:hivex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux
6.0
7.0
8.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:advanced_virtualization:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
9.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora
34

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-3504
NVD Published Date:
May 11, 2021
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2021-3504 Details - Not Deferred