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Vulnerability details: VCID-awj8-tc5z-8qdc
Vulnerability ID VCID-awj8-tc5z-8qdc
Aliases CVE-2020-16590
Summary binutils: double free vulnerability in process_symbol_table could result in DoS
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.0
Risk 2.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-416 Use After Free
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-16590.json
epss 0.00319 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16590
epss 0.00319 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16590
epss 0.00319 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16590
epss 0.00319 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16590
epss 0.00319 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16590
epss 0.00319 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16590
epss 0.00333 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16590
epss 0.00333 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16590
epss 0.00333 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16590
cvssv3.1 4 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-16590.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16590
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-16590
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1906782 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1906782
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-2020-16590.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

local

physical

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none

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L 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)

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 0.54892
EPSS Score 0.00319
Published At April 7, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:03:41.461102+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-16590.json 38.0.0