CVE-2020-35507

MEDIUM

binutils < 2.34 - Denial of Service via Crafted PEF File in objdump

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

There's a flaw in bfd_pef_parse_function_stubs of bfd/pef.c in binutils in versions prior to 2.34 which could allow an attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by objdump to cause a NULL pointer dereference. The greatest threat of this flaw is to application availability.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1911691
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210212-0007/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-24

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 42.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (8)
broadcom/brocade_fabric_operating_system
gnu/binutils < 2.34
netapp/cloud_backup
netapp/hci_compute_node_firmware
netapp/ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility
netapp/solidfire\,_enterprise_sds_\&_hci_storage_node
netapp/solidfire_\&_hci_management_node
redhat/enterprise_linux 8.0
Published Jan 04, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026