CVE-2014-9273

medium

Published 2014-12-08 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.6

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Red Hat Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
7.0	Affected	—
6.0	Affected	—

SUSE Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
13.2	Affected	—
13.1	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.3.11-1`
sid	Fixed	`1.3.11-1`
forky	Fixed	`1.3.11-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.3.11-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.3.11-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
debian	hivex	`{"endIncluding":"1.3.10-2"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.