Description
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.
Published: 2020-12-09
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-8553 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5124-1 GNU binutils vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:45:33.147Z

Reserved: 2020-08-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-16592

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-12-09T21:15:15.180

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:07:10.620

Link: CVE-2020-16592

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-12-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-16592 - Bugzilla

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