Description
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.
Published: 2021-01-04
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-23165 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.
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00323}

epss

{'score': 0.00085}


Subscriptions

Broadcom Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware
Fedoraproject Fedora
Gnu Binutils
Netapp Cloud Backup Hci Compute Node Hci Compute Node Firmware Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility Solidfire\, Enterprise Sds \& Hci Storage Node Solidfire \& Hci Management Node
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T17:02:08.151Z

Reserved: 2020-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-35496

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-01-04T15:15:14.323

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:27:25.543

Link: CVE-2020-35496

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2019-12-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-35496 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses