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CVE-2020-16590

Published: 9 December 2020

A double free vulnerability exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) (aka libbrd) in GNU Binutils 2.35 in the process_symbol_table, as demonstrated in readelf, via a crafted file.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
binutils
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Needs triage

bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
focal Not vulnerable
(code not present)
groovy Not vulnerable
(code not present)
trusty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
Patches:
upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=c98a4545dc7bf2bcaf1de539c4eb84784680eaa4

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H