Double Free Affecting hivex package, versions <0.2.1
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- published28 Feb 2026
- disclosed26 Feb 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 26 Feb 2026
New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-415 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Upgrade hivex to version 0.2.1 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Double Free due to improper memory management in the Drop process. An attacker can cause memory corruption or execute arbitrary code by triggering double-free or use-after-free conditions through repeated calls to Hive::close or improper use of Hive::from_handle and as_handle.