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CVE-2020-35496

Published: Jan 4, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-476
5.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.1%
Top 37.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-476

Affected Products

netapp
commercial·US
cloud backup
Hardware Firmware
ontap select deploy administration utility
Hardware Firmware
solidfire\, enterprise sds \& hci storage node
Hardware Firmware
solidfire \& hci management node
Hardware Firmware
hci compute node firmware
Hardware Firmware
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
Astra Linux Special EditionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Special Edition для «Эльбрус»On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
GNU General Public License
oss-project·USaka gpl, gnu gpl
GNU Binutils
OSS Libraries
АО «НТЦ ИТ РОСА»
commercial·RU
ROSA Virtualization 3.0On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
gnu
oss-project·USaka g. nu
binutils
OSS Libraries
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Impact
Initial Access
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References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-35496
security-tracker.debian.org
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25308
sourceware.org
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=7a0fb7be96e0ce79e1ae429bc1ba913e5244d537
sourceware.org
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