Description
A Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.35, in _bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string, as demonstrated in nm-new, that can cause a denial of service via a crafted file.
Published: 2020-12-09
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-8560 A Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.35, in _bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string, as demonstrated in nm-new, that can cause a denial of service via a crafted file.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:45:33.134Z

Reserved: 2020-08-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-16599

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-12-09T21:15:15.350

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:07:10.947

Link: CVE-2020-16599

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2020-12-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-16599 - Bugzilla

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