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CVE-2020-35448

Published: 27 December 2020

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.35.1. A heap-based buffer over-read can occur in bfd_getl_signed_32 in libbfd.c because sh_entsize is not validated in _bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section in elf.c.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

3.3

Score breakdown

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=8642dafaef21aa6747cec01df1977e9c52eb4679

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 3.3
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N