NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting binutils-devel package, versions <0:2.27-41.base.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.23% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-BINUTILSDEVEL-2140102
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed11 Apr 2018

Introduced: 11 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-12697  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 binutils-devel to version 0:2.27-41.base.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils-devel package and not the binutils-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.