CVE-2020-16592

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

CVSS v3.1

5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

1.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 62th percentile

Published

2020-12-09

Updated

2024-08-04

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25823

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2020-16591
• CVE-2020-16593
• CVE-2020-16590
• CVE-2020-16599
• CVE-2020-16588
• CVE-2020-16602