CVE-2026-120740EPSS p14.8%

CVE-2026-120740CVE-2026-120740

Description

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).

Scoring

CVSS 2.0 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS0.24% probability of exploitation · percentile 14.8% · 2026-11-03T12:00:27Z
Last modified2026-11-02
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