CVE-2020-35496: There's a flaw in bfd_pef_scan_start_address() of bfd/pef.c in binutils which could allow an attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by…

PriorityP421medium5.5CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH

EPSS

1.14%

63.3th percentile

There's a flaw in bfd_pef_scan_start_address() of bfd/pef.c in binutils which could allow an attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by objdump to cause a NULL pointer dereference. The greatest threat of this flaw is to application availability. This flaw affects binutils versions prior to 2.34.

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	binutils	< binutils 2.33.50.20200107-1 (bookworm)	binutils 2.33.50.20200107-1 (bookworm)
fedoraproject	fedora	—	—
gnu	binutils	< 2.34	2.34
gnu	binutils	—	—
gnu	binutils	>= 0 < 2.33.50.20200107-1	2.33.50.20200107-1
gnu	binutils	>= 0 < 2.33.50.20200107-1	2.33.50.20200107-1
gnu	binutils	>= 0 < 2.33.50.20200107-1	2.33.50.20200107-1
gnu	binutils	>= 0 < 2.33.50.20200107-1	2.33.50.20200107-1
msrc	cm1_binutils_2.32-5_on_cbl_mariner_1.0	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

osv5.5MEDIUM

vendor_debian5.5LOW

vendor_msrc5.5MEDIUM

vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM

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