CVE-2020-16599

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Published at: - 09-12-2020 10:15

Last modified: - 23-03-2022 04:03

Total changes: - 5

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.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Low

Attack complexity

Local

Attack vector

High

Availability

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Privileges required

Unchanged

Scope

Required

User interaction

5.5

Base score

1.8

3.6

Exploitability score

Impact score

Verification logic

vendor=gnu AND product=binutils AND version=2.35

vendor=netapp AND product=cloud_backup AND version=-

vendor=netapp AND product=hci_management_node AND version=-

vendor=netapp AND product=ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility AND version=-

vendor=netapp AND product=solidfire AND version=-

Reference

Keywords

CVE-2020-16599

Common vulnerabilities & exposures (CVE)

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CVE-2020-16599

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Common vulnerabilities & exposures

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