CVE-2018-12697

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU Binutils version 2.30

Description The issue is related to a NULL pointer dereference error in the work stuff copy to from function of the cplus-dem.c component. This error can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. The vulnerability can occur during the execution of objdump.

Recommendations For GNU Binutils version 2.30, consider updating to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue, as the current version is affected by the NULL pointer dereference error in the work stuff copy to from function. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.