DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35496

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35496

    Published: 4 Jan 2021Last Modified: 9 Oct 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-35496

    Summary:

    Details: There's a flaw in bfd_pef_scan_start_address() of bfd/pef.c in binutils which could allow an attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by objdump to cause a NULL pointer dereference. The greatest threat of this flaw is to application availability. This flaw affects binutils versions prior to 2.34.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-35496

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: binutils

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.33.50.20200107-1

    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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