UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16592

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16592

    Published: 9 Dec 2020Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-16592
    Aliases:
    USN-5124-1

    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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16592, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5124-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-16592

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: binutils

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~18.04.7?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.7

    Affected versions

    2.29.1-4ubuntu1
    2.29.1-6ubuntu1
    2.29.1-7ubuntu1
    2.29.1-8ubuntu1
    2.29.1-10ubuntu1
    2.29.1-12ubuntu1

    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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