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Vulnerability details: VCID-k6fk-apzd-v7b6
Vulnerability ID VCID-k6fk-apzd-v7b6
Aliases CVE-2020-16591
Summary binutils: invalid read 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-125 Out-of-bounds Read
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-16591.json
epss 0.00377 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00377 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00377 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00377 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00377 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00377 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00393 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00393 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00393 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
cvssv3.1 5.5 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-2020-16591.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-16591
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1906771 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1906771
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-2020-16591.json
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: 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
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.59176
EPSS Score 0.00377
Published At April 7, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:03:41.395319+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-16591.json 38.0.0