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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cve-icon 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

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2022-11-22T02:15:11.003

Modified: 2024-03-27T16:04:27.210

Link: CVE-2022-36227

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2022-07-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-36227 - Bugzilla