CVE-2018-12697

Public Exploit

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.96% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gnu.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763102 third party advisory exploit
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23057 third party advisory issue tracking exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104538 third party advisory vdb entry
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85454 vendor advisory issue tracking exploit
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2075 vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/ vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-12697?
CVE-2018-12697 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-12697?
To fix CVE-2018-12697, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-12697 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-12697 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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