Upstream information

CVE-2026-120740 at MITRE

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).

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (Red Hat) SUSE
Base Score 2 2
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network Local
Attack Complexity High Low
Privileges Required High High
User Interaction Required Required
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact Low Low
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail SUSE
Base Score 2.4
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required High
User Interaction Active
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None
Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1289202 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 hivex Affected
openSUSE Leap 16.0 hivex Affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 hivex Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 hivex Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 hivex Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 hivex Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 hivex Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP1 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 hivex Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 hivex Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 hivex Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 hivex Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 hivex Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 hivex Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 hivex Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 hivex Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 hivex Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 hivex Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 hivex Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 hivex Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 hivex Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 hivex Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 hivex Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 hivex Affected
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 hivex Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 hivex Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 hivex Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 hivex Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 hivex Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 hivex Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 hivex Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 hivex Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 hivex Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 hivex Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 hivex Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 hivex Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 hivex Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Nov 3 12:58:30 2026
CVE page last modified: Tue Nov 3 13:57:38 2026