Vulnerability · Published Dec 9, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-16593
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 1.2% (higher than 68% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 31.8% 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 scan_unit_for_symbols, as demonstrated in addr2line, 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-2020-16593 |
| Debian:13 | binutils | 2.35-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16593 |
| Debian:14 | binutils | 2.35-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16593 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25827 x_refsource_MISC
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=aec72fda3b320c36eb99fc1c4cf95b10fc026729 x_refsource_MISC
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0003/ x_refsource_CONFIRM