CVE-2020-16591
Published: 9 December 2020
A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) in GNU Binutils 2.35 due to an invalid read in process_symbol_table, as demonstrated in readeif.
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
binutils Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
| groovy |
Not vulnerable
(2.35.1-1ubuntu1)
|
|
| trusty |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
|
Patches: upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=001890e1f9269697f7e0212430a51479271bdab2 |
||
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 |