VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-35496

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.15%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-01-04
Last modified2026-10-08
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-476

Primary references