CVE-2020-35496CWE-476

CVE-2020-35496

Medium · published January 4, 2021

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
66.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

There's a flaw in bfd_pef_scan_start_address() of bfd/pef.c in binutils which could allow an attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by objdump to cause a NULL pointer dereference. The greatest threat of this flaw is to application availability. This flaw affects binutils versions prior to 2.34.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01150 · 66.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2021-01-04T20:15Z
Affected products (8)
ProductVersionsFixed in
gnu/binutils< 2.342.34
fedoraproject/fedoraall versions—
netapp/cloud_backupall versions—
netapp/ontap_select_deploy_administration_utilityall versions—
netapp/solidfire\,_enterprise_sds_\&_hci_storage_nodeall versions—
netapp/solidfire_\&_hci_management_nodeall versions—
broadcom/brocade_fabric_operating_system_firmwareall versions—
netapp/hci_compute_node_firmwareall versions—
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 JAN 14:24Z
    There's a flaw in bfd_pef_scan_start_address() of bfd/pef.c in binutils which could allow an attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by…
    cvelistv5