DEBIAN-CVE-2026-120740

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2026-120740

    Published: 2 Nov 2026Last Modified: 7 Nov 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2026-120740

    Summary:

    Details: A flaw was found in hivex. By supplying a specially crafted Windows registry hive file, an attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds memory read when hivex parses registry values containing malformed large data block lists. This issue can cause the application processing the registry file to crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-120740

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: hivex

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/hivex?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.3.23-1
    1.3.23-2
    1.3.24-1
    1.3.24-2
    1.3.24-2.1
    1.3.24-3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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