High severity7.5OSV Advisory· Published Jun 23, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-12697

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.

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Affected products

GNU/Libibertyllm-fuzzy
Range: = 2.30
GNU/Binutilsllm-fuzzy3 versions
= 2.30+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: = 2.30
- (no CPE)range: binutils-2_30, gdb-4_18-branchpoint, gdb-7.10-branchpoint, …
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Canonical/Ubuntu Linux
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763102nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/104538nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2075nvd
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/nvd

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