VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-16599

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.05%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-12-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.35, in _bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string, as demonstrated in nm-new, that can cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-476

Primary references