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NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting binutils package, versions *

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.53% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-BINUTILS-1937312
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 11 Apr 2018
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Introduced: 11 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-12697 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-476 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:8 binutils.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 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.