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title: "CVE-2018-14038\n    | Ubuntu"
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14038?format=md
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# CVE-2018-14038

Publication date 7 March 2019

Last updated 4 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs:
CVE-2018-7642. Reason: This candidate is a reservation duplicate of
CVE-2018-7642. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2018-7642 instead
of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have
been removed to prevent accidental usage

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| binutils | 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14038)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14038)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2018-14038)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-14038)

### Other references

* <https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23405>
* <http://git.hunter-ht.cn/zhanggen/objcopy_crash_input_1>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14038>