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."
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2022-11-22T00:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-03T10:00:04.305Z
Reserved: 2022-07-18T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2022-36227
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2022-11-22T02:15:11.003
Modified: 2024-11-21T07:12:37.697
Link: CVE-2022-36227
Redhat