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CVE-2020-35496 (GCVE-0-2020-35496)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-01-04 14:24 – Updated: 2024-08-04 17:02
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Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a binutils Affected: binutils 2.34
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