Vulnerability · Published Dec 9, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-16591
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 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) in GNU Binutils 2.35 due to an invalid read in process_symbol_table, as demonstrated in readeif.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | binutils | 2.35-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16591 |
| Debian:13 | binutils | 2.35-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16591 |
| Debian:14 | binutils | 2.35-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16591 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25822 x_refsource_MISC
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=001890e1f9269697f7e0212430a51479271bdab2 x_refsource_MISC
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210115-0003/ x_refsource_CONFIRM