CVE-2020-35495

Summary

CVECVE-2020-35495
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-01-04 15:15:13 UTC
Updated2026-10-08 22:16:59 UTC
DescriptionThere's a flaw in binutils /bfd/pef.c. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted input file to be processed by the objdump program could cause a null pointer dereference. The greatest threat from this flaw is to application availability. This flaw affects binutils versions prior to 2.34.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.012120000 probability, percentile 0.679620000 (date 2026-10-15)

Problem Types: CWE-476 | CWE-476 CWE-476


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Broadcom Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware - All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Application Gnu Binutils All All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup - All All All
Hardware Netapp Hci Compute Node - All All All
Operating System Netapp Hci Compute Node Firmware - All All All
Application Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire Enterprise Sds Hci Storage Node - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire Hci Management Node - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na Binutils affected binutils 2.34 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: mingw-binutils-2.32-9.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202107-24) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
January 2021 GNU Binutils Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
1911441 – (CVE-2020-35495) CVE-2020-35495 binutils: NULL pointer dereference in bfd_pef_parse_symbols function in bfd/pef.c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: mingw-binutils-2.32-9.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 670329 EulerOS Security Update for binutils (EulerOS-SA-2021-1895)
  • 710052 Gentoo Linux Binutils Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202107-24)
  • 900216 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for binutils 2.32
  • 903672 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for binutils (3720)

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