CVE-2020-16592

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-16592
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-16592.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-16592
Downstream
Related
Published
2020-12-09T21:15:15.180Z
Modified
2026-04-16T00:06:04.692257015Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A use after free issue exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) in GNU Binutils 2.34 in bfdhashlookup, as demonstrated in nm-new, that can cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "33"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
d7f734bc7e9e5fb6c33b433973b57e1eed3a7e9f
Last affected
c875bab03264749a920c6b0764722a25d5988810
Database specific 
{
    "source": "CPE_FIELD",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.34"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "32"
        }
    ],
    "cpe": [
        "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ]
}

Affected versions

Other
binutils-2_34
cagney-unwind-20030108-branchpoint
gdb-4_18-branchpoint
gdb-9-branchpoint
gdb_5_2-branchpoint
gdb_5_3-branchpoint
gdb_6_0-branchpoint
gdb_6_1-branchpoint
gdb_6_2-branchpoint
gdb_6_3-branchpoint
gdb_6_4-branchpoint
gdb_6_5-branchpoint
gdb_6_6-branchpoint
gdb_6_7-branchpoint
gdb_6_8-branchpoint
gdb_7_0-branchpoint
gdb_7_1-branchpoint
gdb_7_2-branchpoint
gdb_7_3-branchpoint
gdb_7_4-branchpoint
gdb_7_5-branchpoint
gdb_7_6-branchpoint
interps-20030202-branchpoint
users/ARM/embedded-binutils-master-2016q4
users/ARM/embedded-binutils-master-2017q4
users/ARM/embedded-binutils-master-2018q4
users/ARM/embedded-gdb-master-2017q4
users/ARM/embedded-gdb-master-2018q4
w32api-2_2
gdb-7.*
gdb-7.10-branchpoint
gdb-7.11-branchpoint
gdb-7.12-branchpoint
gdb-7.7-branchpoint
gdb-7.8-branchpoint
gdb-7.9-branchpoint
gdb-8.*
gdb-8.0-branchpoint
gdb-8.1-branchpoint
gdb-8.2-branchpoint
gdb-8.3-branchpoint

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-16592.json"