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CVE-2020-16592 Details

Description

A use after free issue exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) in GNU Binutils 2.34 in bfd_hash_lookup, as demonstrated in nm-new, that can cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DJIW6KKY2TSLD43XEZXG56WREIIBUIIQ/ CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UKIMSD5FIC3QFJDKNHR2PSO6JYJGCLHB/ CVE
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210115-0003/ CVEThird Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25823 CVEExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=7ecb51549ab1ec22aba5aaf34b70323cf0b8509a CVE

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-416Use After Free[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
gnu binutils
2.34

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
netapp ontap select deploy administration utility
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora
32
33

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-16592
NVD Published Date:
Dec 9, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2020-16592 Details - Not Deferred