Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2018-12697 (CCN-145319)

Assigned:2018-04-11
Published:2018-04-11
Updated:2019-08-03
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.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.5 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
6.6 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
7.5 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
6.6 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
3.3 Low (REDHAT CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
2.9 Low (REDHAT Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
7.8 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-476
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2018-12697

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
104538

Source: CCN
Type: BID-104538
GNU libiberty CVE-2018-12697 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Source: REDHAT
Type: UNKNOWN
RHSA-2019:2075

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763102

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
gnu-binutils-cve201812697-dos(145319)

Source: CCN
Type: GCC Bugzilla – Bug 85454
Multiple memory corruptions in objdump / C++ name demangler

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85454

Source: GENTOO
Type: UNKNOWN
GLSA-201908-01

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23057

Source: UBUNTU
Type: UNKNOWN
USN-4326-1

Source: UBUNTU
Type: UNKNOWN
USN-4336-1

Source: CCN
Type: GNU Web site
Binutils

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2018-12697

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:gnu:binutils:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 1:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 2:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::client:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 3:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 4:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::server:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 5:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:gnu:libiberty:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:gnu:binutils:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20192075
    P
    		RHSA-2019:2075: binutils security and bug fix update (Moderate)
    2019-08-06
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2018126970000000
    V
    		CVE-2018-12697 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
    2018-06-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:201812697000
    V
    		CVE-2018-12697 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - low.
    2018-06-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201812697000
    V
    		CVE-2018-12697 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
    2018-06-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:2018126970000000
    V
    		CVE-2018-12697 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - low.
    2018-06-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201812697000
    V
    		CVE-2018-12697 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
    2018-06-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2018126970000000
    V
    		CVE-2018-12697 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.
    2018-06-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201812697000
    V
    		CVE-2018-12697 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.
    2018-06-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:2018126970000000
    V
    		CVE-2018-12697 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
    2018-06-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:201812697000
    V
    		CVE-2018-12697 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - low.
    2018-06-23
    BACK
    gnu binutils 2.30
    canonical ubuntu linux 16.04.4
    gnu libiberty -
    gnu binutils 2.30