DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16593

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16593

    Published: 9 Dec 2020Last Modified: 11 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-16593

    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://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-16593

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: binutils

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.35-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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