CVE-2021-3622

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 4.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weakness enumeration

CWE-400

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Dec 23, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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