CVE-2018-12697

HIGH

GNU libiberty <2.30 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763102
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23057
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104538
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85454
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2075
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0156
EPSS Percentile 81.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (2)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04.4
gnu/binutils 2.30
Published Jun 23, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026