CVE-2020-16593

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    CVE-2020-16593

    Published: 9 Dec 2020Last Modified: 28 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.35, in scan_unit_for_symbols, as demonstrated in addr2line, that can cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

    References: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=aec72fda3b320c36eb99fc1c4cf95b10fc026729, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0003/, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25827

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 2cb5c79dad39dd438fb0f7372ac04cf5aa2a7db7
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.35

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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