Vulnerability · Published Dec 9, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-16599
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the binutils package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 64% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 35.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.35, in _bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string, as demonstrated in nm-new, that can cause a denial of service via a crafted file.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | binutils | 2.35-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16599 |
| Debian:13 | binutils | 2.35-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16599 |
| Debian:14 | binutils | 2.35-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16599 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25842 x_refsource_MISC
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=8d55d10ac0d112c586eaceb92e75bd9b80aadcc4 x_refsource_MISC
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0003/ x_refsource_CONFIRM