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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-35495

An attacker who is able to submit a crafted input file to be processed by the objdump program could cause a null pointer dereference.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.16%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.16%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

There's a flaw in binutils /bfd/pef.c. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted input file to be processed by the objdump program could cause a null pointer dereference. The greatest threat from this flaw is to application availability. This flaw affects binutils versions prior to 2.34.

CVSS 3.1
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.16% probability · 65th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-476
Affected
gnu/binutils · fedoraproject/fedora · netapp/cloud backup · netapp/ontap select deploy administration utility · netapp/solidfire\, enterprise sds \& hci storage node · netapp/solidfire \& hci management node · broadcom/brocade fabric operating system firmware · netapp/hci compute node firmware
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.