{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2026-120740","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).","modified":"2026-11-03T13:00:07.653763421Z","published":"2026-11-02T22:17:21.313Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-120740"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-120740"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"hivex","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/hivex?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"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"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-120740.json"}},{"package":{"name":"hivex","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/hivex?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.3.24-1","1.3.24-2","1.3.24-2.1","1.3.24-3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-120740.json"}},{"package":{"name":"hivex","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/hivex?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.3.24-1","1.3.24-2","1.3.24-2.1","1.3.24-3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-120740.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.2","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"}]}