CVE-2018-12697

Exp

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.

Published: 2018-06-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-12697 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.23%, 91th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.67% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2018-12697

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-12697

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.56% 5.23% +3.67%
2 2025-11-21 2.40% 1.56% -0.84%
3 2025-11-18 — 2.40% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-12697

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-12697

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-12697

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2018-12697 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (binutils), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12697
gentoo normal CVE-2018-12697: 1 GLSA(s) (201908-01), 1 atom(s) (sys-devel/binutils); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2018-12697
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12697
suse low CVE-2018-12697 severity low: SUSE including 2 source package names (binutils-2.27-41.base.el7, binutils-devel-2.27-41.base.el7), 2 product×package rows across 1 product lines (SUSE Liberty Linux 7): Fixed 2. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12697/
ubuntu low CVE-2018-12697 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (binutils, libiberty), 40 status rows across 20 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 27, released 6, ignored 5, DNE 1, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12697

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-12697

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu binutils 2.30 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04.4 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-12697

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