Vulnerability · Published Dec 9, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-16592
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 65% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 35.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A use after free issue exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) in GNU Binutils 2.34 in bfd_hash_lookup, 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-2020-16592 |
| Debian:13 | binutils | 2.35-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16592 |
| Debian:14 | binutils | 2.35-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16592 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25823 x_refsource_MISC
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=7ecb51549ab1ec22aba5aaf34b70323cf0b8509a x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2020-f903e139b1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2020-18ec0bf4bb vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210115-0003/ x_refsource_CONFIRM