Search for vulnerabilities
Vulnerability details: VCID-yrt4-ntb9-aaar
Vulnerability ID VCID-yrt4-ntb9-aaar
Aliases CVE-2020-16591
Summary A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) in GNU Binutils 2.35 due to an invalid read in process_symbol_table, as demonstrated in readeif.
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 0.00094 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00094 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00099 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00099 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00099 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00099 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00099 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00099 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00099 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00099 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00099 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00099 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00099 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00099 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00099 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00099 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00099 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00099 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.0024 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00356 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00356 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00356 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00356 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00356 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00356 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00356 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00356 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00356 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00356 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00356 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00356 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00356 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00356 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00356 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00356 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00356 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00356 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00356 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00356 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00356 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00356 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00356 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00356 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00356 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00356 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16591
epss 0.00356 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
rhbs low https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1906771
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-2020-16591
cvssv3 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16591
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16591
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
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210115-0003/
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25822
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=001890e1f9269697f7e0212430a51479271bdab2
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=001890e1f9269697f7e0212430a51479271bdab2
1906771 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1906771
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2020-16591 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16591
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)

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-2020-16591
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-2020-16591
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-2020-16591
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 0.23875
EPSS Score 0.00094
Published At March 28, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
There are no relevant records.