critical
CVE-2022-36227
libarchive: NULL pointer dereference in archive_write.c
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.
Severity by source
NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat5.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Julia9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, CBL-Mariner, Julia, Photon OS. Rated lower by Red Hat (low), AlmaLinux (low), Amazon (low), Oracle (low), Rocky Linux (low), Ubuntu (low).
Description
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."
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| CBL-Mariner 1.0 | libarchive | 0:3.6.1-2.cm1 |
| CBL-Mariner 2.0 | libarchive | 0:3.6.1-2.cm2 |
| julia::Julia Ecosystem Security Advisories | LibArchive_jll | 3.7.4+0 |
| Photon OS 3.0 | libarchive | 3.3.3-9.ph3 |
| Photon OS 4.0 | libarchive, libarchive-devel | 3.4.3-8.ph4 |
| Photon OS 5.0 | libarchive, libarchive-devel | 3.7.1-1.ph5 |
| alma 8 | bsdtar, libarchive, libarchive-devel | 3.3.3-5.el8 |
| alma 9 | bsdtar, libarchive, libarchive-devel | 3.5.3-4.el9 |
| alpine 3.14 | libarchive | 3.5.3-r1 |
| alpine 3.15 | libarchive | 3.6.1-r1 |
| alpine 3.16 | libarchive | 3.6.1-r1 |
| alpine 3.17 | libarchive | 3.6.1-r2 |
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| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| CBL-Mariner 1.0 | libarchive | 0:3.6.1-2.cm1 |
| CBL-Mariner 2.0 | libarchive | 0:3.6.1-2.cm2 |
| julia::Julia Ecosystem Security Advisories | LibArchive_jll | 3.7.4+0 |
| Photon OS 3.0 | libarchive | 3.3.3-9.ph3 |
| Photon OS 4.0 | libarchive | 3.4.3-8.ph4 |
| Photon OS 4.0 | libarchive-devel | 3.4.3-8.ph4 |
| Photon OS 5.0 | libarchive | 3.7.1-1.ph5 |
| Photon OS 5.0 | libarchive-devel | 3.7.1-1.ph5 |
| alma 8 | bsdtar | 3.3.3-5.el8 |
| alma 8 | libarchive | 3.3.3-5.el8 |
| alma 8 | libarchive-devel | 3.3.3-5.el8 |
| alma 9 | bsdtar | 3.5.3-4.el9 |
| alma 9 | libarchive | 3.5.3-4.el9 |
| alma 9 | libarchive-devel | 3.5.3-4.el9 |
| alpine 3.14 | libarchive | 3.5.3-r1 |
| alpine 3.15 | libarchive | 3.6.1-r1 |
| alpine 3.16 | libarchive | 3.6.1-r1 |
| alpine 3.17 | libarchive | 3.6.1-r2 |
| alpine 3.18 | libarchive | 3.6.1-r2 |
| alpine 3.19 | libarchive | 3.6.1-r2 |
| alpine 3.20 | libarchive | 3.6.1-r2 |
| alpine 3.21 | libarchive | 3.6.1-r2 |
| alpine 3.22 | libarchive | 3.6.1-r2 |
| alpine 3.23 | libarchive | 3.6.1-r2 |
| alpine 3.24 | libarchive | 3.6.1-r2 |
| alpine edge | libarchive | 3.6.1-r2 |
| amazon linux 2 | bsdcpio | 3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.2 |
| amazon linux 2 | bsdtar | 3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.2 |
| amazon linux 2 | libarchive | 3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.2 |
| amazon linux 2 | libarchive-debuginfo | 3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.2 |
| amazon linux 2 | libarchive-devel | 3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.2 |
| amazon linux 2023 | bsdcat | 3.5.3-2.amzn2023.0.3 |
| amazon linux 2023 | bsdcat-debuginfo | 3.5.3-2.amzn2023.0.3 |
| amazon linux 2023 | bsdcpio | 3.5.3-2.amzn2023.0.3 |
| amazon linux 2023 | bsdcpio-debuginfo | 3.5.3-2.amzn2023.0.3 |
| amazon linux 2023 | bsdtar | 3.5.3-2.amzn2023.0.3 |
| amazon linux 2023 | bsdtar-debuginfo | 3.5.3-2.amzn2023.0.3 |
| amazon linux 2023 | libarchive | 3.5.3-2.amzn2023.0.3 |
| amazon linux 2023 | libarchive-debuginfo | 3.5.3-2.amzn2023.0.3 |
| amazon linux 2023 | libarchive-debugsource | 3.5.3-2.amzn2023.0.3 |
| amazon linux 2023 | libarchive-devel | 3.5.3-2.amzn2023.0.3 |
| chainguard | libarchive | 3.6.1-r2 |
| conan::GitLab Advisory Database Community | libarchive | 3.6.2 |
| debian 10 | libarchive | 3.3.3-4+deb10u3 |
| debian 11 | libarchive | 3.4.3-2+deb11u2 |
| debian 12 | libarchive | 3.6.2-1 |
| debian 13 | libarchive | 3.6.2-1 |
| debian 14 | libarchive | 3.6.2-1 |
| echo | libarchive | 3.6.2-1 |
| Oracle Linux 8 | bsdtar | 3.3.3-5.el8 |
| Oracle Linux 8 | libarchive | 3.3.3-5.el8 |
| Oracle Linux 8 | libarchive-devel | 3.3.3-5.el8 |
| Oracle Linux 9 | bsdtar | 3.5.3-4.el9 |
| Oracle Linux 9 | libarchive | 3.5.3-4.el9 |
| Oracle Linux 9 | libarchive-devel | 3.5.3-4.el9 |
| rapidfort amazon linux 2023 | bsdcat | 3.5.3-2.amzn2023.0.3 |
| rapidfort amazon linux 2023 | bsdcpio | 3.5.3-2.amzn2023.0.3 |
| rapidfort amazon linux 2023 | bsdtar | 3.5.3-2.amzn2023.0.3 |
| rapidfort amazon linux 2023 | libarchive | 0:3.5.3-2.amzn2023.0.3 |
| rapidfort amazon linux 2023 | libarchive-devel | 3.5.3-2.amzn2023.0.3 |
| rapidfort amazon linux 2023 | rf-bsdcat | 3.5.3-2.amzn2023.0.3 |
| rapidfort amazon linux 2023 | rf-bsdcpio | 3.5.3-2.amzn2023.0.3 |
| rapidfort amazon linux 2023 | rf-bsdtar | 3.5.3-2.amzn2023.0.3 |
| rapidfort amazon linux 2023 | rf-libarchive | 0:3.5.3-2.amzn2023.0.3 |
| rapidfort amazon linux 2023 | rf-libarchive-devel | 3.5.3-2.amzn2023.0.3 |
| rapidfort Oracle Linux 9 | bsdtar | 0:3.5.3-4.el9 |
| rapidfort Oracle Linux 9 | libarchive | 0:3.5.3-4.el9 |
| Red Hat | bsdcpio | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | bsdtar | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | libarchive | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | libarchive-devel | no fix listed |
| rocky 8 | bsdtar | 3.3.3-5.el8 |
| rocky 8 | libarchive | 3.3.3-5.el8 |
| root.io debian 11 | rootio-libarchive | 3.4.3-2+deb11u2 |
| root.io debian 12 | rootio-libarchive | 3.6.2-1 |
| seal Red Hat 8 | libarchive | 3.3.3-5.el8+sp999 |
| seal Red Hat 8 | seal-libarchive | 3.3.3-5.el8+sp999 |
| ubuntu 14.04-ESM | libarchive | 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.8+esm3 |
| ubuntu 16.04-ESM | libarchive | 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.8+esm1 |
| ubuntu 18.04-ESM | libarchive | 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+esm1 |
| ubuntu 20.04 | libarchive | 3.4.0-2ubuntu1.3 |
| ubuntu 20.04-ESM | libarchive | 3.4.0-2ubuntu1.3 |
| ubuntu 22.04 | libarchive | 3.6.0-1ubuntu1.2 |
| wolfi | libarchive | 3.6.1-r2 |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2532
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3018
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-36227
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/882521
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2144972
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2144972
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-36227
All 22 references
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-2532.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:3018
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/blob/v3.0.0a/libarchive/archive_write.c#L215
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/1754
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1759
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2022-36227.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-3018.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00034.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00007.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V67OO2UUQAUJS3IK4JZPF6F3LUCBU6IS/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36227
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-14
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7070-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-36227