CVE-2022-36227

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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.\""}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En libarchive anterior a 3.6.2, el software no busca un error despu\u00e9s de llamar a la funci\u00f3n calloc que puede regresar con un puntero NULL si la funci\u00f3n falla, lo que conduce a una desreferencia del puntero NULL resultante. NOTA: el descubridor cita este comentario CWE-476, pero terceros cuestionan el impacto de la ejecuci\u00f3n del c\u00f3digo: \"En raras circunstancias, cuando NULL es equivalente a la direcci\u00f3n de memoria 0x0 y el c\u00f3digo privilegiado puede acceder a ella, entonces es posible escribir o leer la memoria, lo cual puede llevar a la ejecuci\u00f3n del c\u00f3digo.\""}], "lastModified": "2025-11-03T22:15:59.710", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "89B15E48-C18C-4FD9-8797-BBA59F4E3C3B", "versionEndExcluding": "3.6.2", "versionStartIncluding": "3.0.0"}], "operator": "OR"}]}, {"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "07B237A9-69A3-4A9C-9DA0-4E06BD37AE73"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "E30D0E6F-4AE8-4284-8716-991DFA48CC5D"}], "operator": "OR"}]}, {"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "5722E753-75DE-4944-A11B-556CB299B57D", "versionEndExcluding": "8.2.12", "versionStartIncluding": "8.2.0"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "DC0F9351-81A4-4FEA-B6B5-6E960A933D32", "versionEndExcluding": "9.0.6", "versionStartIncluding": "9.0.0"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "EED24E67-2957-4C1B-8FEA-E2D2FE7B97FC"}], "operator": "OR"}]}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org"}