CVE-2014-9273
lib/handle.c in Hivex before 1.3.11 allows local users to execute arbitrary code and gain privileges via a small hive files, which triggers an out-of-bounds read or write.
02 Description
lib/handle.c in Hivex before 1.3.11 allows local users to execute arbitrary code and gain privileges via a small hive files, which triggers an out-of-bounds read or write.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.62% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 49.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-12-08 16:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-12-04
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 31e0b65363e86c4e8f5b17a54d6d01f9cb22b99951f45b281f5c4f6062000c77
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201503-07https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-07
- github.comhttps://github.com/libguestfs/hivex/commit/4bbdf555f88baeae0fa804a369a81a83908bd705
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:0189http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00005.html
- www.securityfocus.com71279http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71279
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20141204 Re: CVE request: missing checks for small-sized files in hivexhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/04/14
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1167756
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:0301http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0301.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/libguestfs/hivex/commit/357f26fa64fd1d9ccac2331fe174a8ee9c607adb
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20141125 CVE request: missing checks for small-sized files in hivexhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/6
- www.redhat.com[Libguestfs] 20141029 [libhivex] Undefined behavior when accessing invalid (too small) registry hiveshttps://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2014-October/msg00235.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1378http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1378.html
- secunia.com62792http://secunia.com/advisories/62792
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- hivex Fixed in 1.3.11-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- hivex Fixed in 1.3.11-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- hivex Fixed in 1.3.11-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.