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usn-7070-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-10-16 04:36
Modified
2026-06-29 10:53
Summary
libarchive vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that libarchive mishandled certain memory checks, which could result in a NULL pointer dereference. An attacker could potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-36227)

It was discovered that libarchive mishandled certain memory operations, which could result in an out-of-bounds memory access. An attacker could potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-48957, CVE-2024-48958)

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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It was discovered that libarchive mishandled certain memory checks,\nwhich could result in a NULL pointer dereference. An attacker could\npotentially use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue\nonly affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS,\nUbuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-36227)\n\nIt was discovered that libarchive mishandled certain memory operations,\nwhich could result in an out-of-bounds memory access. An attacker could\npotentially use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2024-48957, CVE-2024-48958)\n",
  "id": "USN-7070-1",
  "modified": "2026-06-29T10:53:18Z",
  "published": "2024-10-16T04:36:11Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7070-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-36227"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-48957"
    },
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    }
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "libarchive vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2022-36227",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-48957",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-48958"
  ]
}



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