CVE-2020-35494 — Use of Uninitialized Resource in Binutils
Severity
6.1MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 70.22%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 4
Latest updateMay 24
Description
There's a flaw in binutils /opcodes/tic4x-dis.c. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted input file to be processed by binutils could cause usage of uninitialized memory. The highest threat is to application availability with a lower threat to data confidentiality. This flaw affects binutils versions prior to 2.34.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 4.2
Affected Packages3 packages
Also affects: Fedora 32
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
3📋Vendor Advisories
3Microsoft▶
There's a flaw in binutils /opcodes/tic4x-dis.c. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted input file to be processed by binutils could cause usage of uninitialized memory. The highest threat is to ↗2021-01-12
Debian▶
CVE-2020-35494: binutils - There's a flaw in binutils /opcodes/tic4x-dis.c. An attacker who is able to subm...↗2020
Red Hat
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