CVE-2020-16592

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    CVE-2020-16592

    Published: 9 Dec 2020Last Modified: 28 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DJIW6KKY2TSLD43XEZXG56WREIIBUIIQ/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UKIMSD5FIC3QFJDKNHR2PSO6JYJGCLHB/, https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=7ecb51549ab1ec22aba5aaf34b70323cf0b8509a, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210115-0003/, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25823

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- d7f734bc7e9e5fb6c33b433973b57e1eed3a7e9f
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.34

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High
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