In libarchive before 3.6.2, the software does not check for an error after calling calloc function that can return with a NULL pointer if the function fails, which leads to a resultant NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: the discoverer cites this CWE-476 remark but third parties dispute the code-execution impact: "In rare circumstances, when NULL is equivalent to the 0x0 memory address and privileged code can access it, then writing or reading memory is possible, which may lead to code execution."
References
Link | Resource |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org/882521 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/blob/v3.0.0a/libarchive/archive_write.c#L215 | Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/1754 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00034.html | Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V67OO2UUQAUJS3IK4JZPF6F3LUCBU6IS/ | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-14 | Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2022-11-22T00:00:00
Updated: 2023-09-29T16:06:28.926333
Reserved: 2022-07-18T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2022-36227
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NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2022-11-22T02:15:11.003
Modified: 2024-03-27T16:04:27.210
Link: CVE-2022-36227
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