CVE-2018-12697 describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in GNU libiberty, specifically within the cplus-dem.c component, affecting GNU Binutils and Canonical Ubuntu Linux. This flaw, triggered during objdump execution, carries a high severity CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity that can lead to a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.04.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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