---
id: 8562
title: "The Windows Registry Adventure #5: The regf file format"
source_domain: projectzero.google
source_url: "https://projectzero.google/2024/12/the-windows-registry-adventure-5-regf.html"
published_at: "2024-12-19T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["windows", "reverse-engineering", "research", "file-format", "registry", "regf"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8562"
lang: en
---

# The Windows Registry Adventure #5: The regf file format

## Summary

Part 5 of the Windows Registry Adventure series, dissecting the regf file format underlying registry hives, its parsing hazards, and why it matters for fuzzing.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** projectzero.google
- **Published:** 2024-12-19T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://projectzero.google/2024/12/the-windows-registry-adventure-5-regf.html
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8562