CVE-2026-120740
LOW
NVD
CVSS Score
2
Severity
LOW
Published
Nov 02, 2026
Vendor
unknown
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).