Description
A flaw was found in GNU Binutils 2.35.1, where there is a heap-based buffer overflow in _bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section in elf.c due to the number of symbols not calculated correctly. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Published: 2021-03-26
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-2021-7712 A flaw was found in GNU Binutils 2.35.1, where there is a heap-based buffer overflow in _bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section in elf.c due to the number of symbols not calculated correctly. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
History

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00079}

epss

{'score': 0.00114}


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Gnu Binutils
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Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:37:23.579Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-20284

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-26T17:15:13.063

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:46:16.897

Link: CVE-2021-20284

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2020-11-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-20284 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses