Low severity2.0NVD Advisory· Published Nov 2, 2026· Updated Nov 2, 2026
CVE-2026-120740
CVE-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).
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