CVE-2020-16593

Public Exploit

Description

A Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.35, in scan_unit_for_symbols, as demonstrated in addr2line, that can cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.30%
Third-Party Advisory netapp.com Third-Party Advisory sourceware.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25827 issue tracking exploit third party advisory
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=aec72fda3b320c36eb99fc1c4cf95b10fc026729
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0003/ third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-16593?
CVE-2020-16593 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-16593?
To fix CVE-2020-16593, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-16593 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-16593 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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