CVE-2014-9273: Debian Hivex

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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: up to and including 1.3.10-2
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 13.1 only; version 13.2 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only

Published 2014-12-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.