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
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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binutils Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
upstream |
Needs triage
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bionic |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
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focal |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
groovy |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
trusty |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
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xenial |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
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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 |