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TI-2018-09113 Aliases CVE-2018-12697GHSA-c27h-c5hg-96w2

A NULL pointer dereference (aka SEGV on unknown address 0x000000000000) was discovered in…

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-476Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 7 fixed, 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-476.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.04825 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 7 fixed, 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.30VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*16.04.4VulnerableCanonical
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.30 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 16.04.4 Vulnerable ·Canonical

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2019:2075 Released 2019-08-06 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    binutils security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) binutils-2.27-41.base.el7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) binutils-devel-2.27-41.base.el7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) binutils-2.27-41.base.el7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) binutils-devel-2.27-41.base.el7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) binutils-2.27-41.base.el7, binutils-devel-2.27-41.base.el7, binutils-devel-2.27-41.base.el7.ppc
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) binutils-2.27-41.base.el7, binutils-devel-2.27-41.base.el7

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 for RHEL 7 ServerFixed—
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:2075
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:2075
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:2075
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:2075
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:2075
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:2075

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-12697
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c27h-c5hg-96w2

References

Exploit 3

Advisory 4

Sources

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