CVE-2018-12700

Publication date 23 June 2018

Last updated 4 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Description

Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: none

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
binutils 21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.3
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
binutils

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4336-1
    • GNU binutils vulnerabilities
    • 22 April 2020
    • USN-4336-2
    • GNU binutils vulnerabilities
    • 21 July 2021

Other references