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Vulnerability details: VCID-eb7h-p6z2-aaan
Vulnerability ID VCID-eb7h-p6z2-aaan
Aliases CVE-2020-16592
Summary A use after free issue exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) in GNU Binutils 2.34 in bfd_hash_lookup, as demonstrated in nm-new, that can cause a denial of service via a crafted file.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-416 Use After Free
System Score Found at
generic_textual Low http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2020/CVE-2020-16592.html
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rhbs medium https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1906777
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-16592
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-2020-16592
cvssv3 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16592
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16592
generic_textual Low https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5124-1
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2020/CVE-2020-16592.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-16592.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16592
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-16592
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DJIW6KKY2TSLD43XEZXG56WREIIBUIIQ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UKIMSD5FIC3QFJDKNHR2PSO6JYJGCLHB/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DJIW6KKY2TSLD43XEZXG56WREIIBUIIQ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UKIMSD5FIC3QFJDKNHR2PSO6JYJGCLHB/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210115-0003/
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25823
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=7ecb51549ab1ec22aba5aaf34b70323cf0b8509a
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=7ecb51549ab1ec22aba5aaf34b70323cf0b8509a
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5124-1
1906777 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1906777
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2020-16592 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16592
USN-5124-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/5124-1/
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-2020-16592.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

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
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)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16592
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

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
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-2020-16592
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
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-2020-16592
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 0.23183
EPSS Score 0.00091
Published At March 28, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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