ghsa-gpgf-w78r-4pvj
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-11-22 03:30
Modified
2024-03-27 18:32
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

In libarchive 3.6.1, 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 or, in some cases, even arbitrary code execution.

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{
   affected: [],
   aliases: [
      "CVE-2022-36227",
   ],
   database_specific: {
      cwe_ids: [
         "CWE-476",
      ],
      github_reviewed: false,
      github_reviewed_at: null,
      nvd_published_at: "2022-11-22T02:15:00Z",
      severity: "CRITICAL",
   },
   details: "In libarchive 3.6.1, 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 or, in some cases, even arbitrary code execution.",
   id: "GHSA-gpgf-w78r-4pvj",
   modified: "2024-03-27T18:32:38Z",
   published: "2022-11-22T03:30:56Z",
   references: [
      {
         type: "ADVISORY",
         url: "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36227",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/1754",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://bugs.gentoo.org/882521",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/blob/v3.0.0a/libarchive/archive_write.c#L215",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00034.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V67OO2UUQAUJS3IK4JZPF6F3LUCBU6IS",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V67OO2UUQAUJS3IK4JZPF6F3LUCBU6IS",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-14",
      },
   ],
   schema_version: "1.4.0",
   severity: [
      {
         score: "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
         type: "CVSS_V3",
      },
   ],
}


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