CVE-2014-9273

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-12-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

Debian Hivex: through 1.3.10-2
Opensuse: 13.1, 13.2
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0, 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0, 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0, 7.0

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00005.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0301.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1378.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/62792
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/04/14
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71279
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1167756
https://github.com/libguestfs/hivex/commit/357f26fa64fd1d9ccac2331fe174a8ee9c607adb
https://github.com/libguestfs/hivex/commit/4bbdf555f88baeae0fa804a369a81a83908bd705
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-07
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2014-October/msg00235.html

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