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Vulnerability details: VCID-64nk-rdem-9kck
Vulnerability ID VCID-64nk-rdem-9kck
Aliases CVE-2020-35496
Summary There's a flaw in bfd_pef_scan_start_address() of bfd/pef.c in binutils 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. This flaw affects binutils versions prior to 2.34.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.0
Risk 2.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-35496.json
epss 0.00052 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
epss 0.00052 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
epss 0.00057 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
epss 0.00057 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
epss 0.00057 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
epss 0.00082 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
epss 0.00082 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
epss 0.00082 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
epss 0.00085 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
epss 0.00085 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
epss 0.00085 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
epss 0.00085 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
epss 0.00085 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
epss 0.00085 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
epss 0.00085 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
epss 0.00085 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
epss 0.00085 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
epss 0.00085 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
epss 0.00085 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
epss 0.00085 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
epss 0.00085 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
epss 0.00085 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
epss 0.00085 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
epss 0.00085 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
epss 0.00085 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
epss 0.00085 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
epss 0.00085 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
epss 0.00089 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35496
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35496
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-35496.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35496
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1911444
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-35496
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KOK3QWSVOUJWJ54HVGIFWNLWQ5ZY4S6/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-24
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210212-0007/
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire\,_enterprise_sds_\&_hci_storage_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire\,_enterprise_sds_\&_hci_storage_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire_\&_hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire_\&_hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:brocade_fabric_operating_system_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:brocade_fabric_operating_system_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2020-35496 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35496
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-35496.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

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physical

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none

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35496
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

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none

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partial

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35496
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.1614
EPSS Score 0.00052
Published At Sept. 23, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T10:14:05.536853+00:00 NVD Importer Import https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35496 37.0.0