CVE-2020-16599

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

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 Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.35, in _bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string, as demonstrated in nm-new, that can cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Affected (5)

Products: Gnu: Binutils · Netapp: Cloud Backup, Hci Management Node, Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility, Solidfire

1 product

4 products

Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility

Solidfire

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gnu Binutils	Version 2.35

Configuration B

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Netapp Cloud Backup	All versions
Netapp Hci Management Node	All versions
Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility	All versions
Netapp Solidfire	All versions