CVE-2018-12697NULL Pointer Dereference in Binutils

Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.6%
top 18.48%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJun 23
Latest updateMay 14

Description

A NULL pointer dereference (aka SEGV on unknown address 0x000000000000) was discovered in work_stuff_copy_to_from in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30. This can occur during execution of objdump.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

Debiangnu/binutils< 2.32.51.20190707-1+3
NVDgnu/binutils2.30

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 16.04.4

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-c27h-c5hg-96w2: A NULL pointer dereference (aka SEGV on unknown address 0x000000000000) was discovered in work_stuff_copy_to_from in cplus-dem2022-05-14
CVEList
CVE-2018-12697: A NULL pointer dereference (aka SEGV on unknown address 0x000000000000) was discovered in work_stuff_copy_to_from in cplus-dem2018-06-23
OSV
CVE-2018-12697: A NULL pointer dereference (aka SEGV on unknown address 0x000000000000) was discovered in work_stuff_copy_to_from in cplus-dem2018-06-23

📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities2021-07-21
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities2020-04-22
Ubuntu
libiberty vulnerabilities2020-04-08
Red Hat
binutils: NULL pointer dereference in work_stuff_copy_to_from in cplus-dem.c.2018-04-11
Debian
CVE-2018-12697: binutils - A NULL pointer dereference (aka SEGV on unknown address 0x000000000000) was disc...2018

💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-12697 binutils: NULL pointer dereference in work_stuff_copy_to_from in cplus-dem.c. [fedora-all]2018-06-26
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-12697 mingw-binutils: binutils: NULL pointer dereference in work_stuff_copy_to_from in cplus-dem.c. [epel-all]2018-06-26
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-12697 mingw-binutils: binutils: NULL pointer dereference in work_stuff_copy_to_from in cplus-dem.c. [fedora-all]2018-06-26
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-12697 binutils: NULL pointer dereference in work_stuff_copy_to_from in cplus-dem.c.2018-06-26
CVE-2018-12697 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Binutils | cvebase