CVE-2020-35448

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    CVE-2020-35448

    Published: 27 Dec 2020Last Modified: 28 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.35.1. A heap-based buffer over-read can occur in bfd_getl_signed_32 in libbfd.c because sh_entsize is not validated in _bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section in elf.c.

    References: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=8642dafaef21aa6747cec01df1977e9c52eb4679, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-24, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0008/, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26574

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 7e46a74aa3713c563940960e361e08defda019c2
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.35.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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