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CVE-2020-16591

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Published: Dec 9, 2020Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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5.5
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) in GNU Binutils 2.35 due to an invalid read in process_symbol_table, as demonstrated in readeif.

Affected (2)

Gnu
1 product
Binutils
Netapp
1 product
Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Binutils
Version 2.35
Configuration B
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility
All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-125
Out-of-bounds Read
The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (6)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Technical Description
Source: cve@mitre.org
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Technical Description
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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