CVE-2020-35448

LOW

GNU Binutils - Out-of-Bounds Read

Title source: rule

Description

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.35.1. A heap-based buffer over-read can occur in bfd_getl_signed_32 in libbfd.c because sh_entsize is not validated in _bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section in elf.c.

References (4)

Scores

CVSS v3 3.3
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 32.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Classification

CWE
CWE-125
Status published

Affected Products (2)

gnu/binutils
netapp/ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility

Timeline

Published Dec 27, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026