CVE-2020-35496

binutils

MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source: NVD
EPSS: EPSS 1.15 % · percentile 67 (2026-10-28)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2021-01-04 14:24 UTC
Updated: 2026-10-08 21:13 UTC
Assigner: redhat
NVD status: Modified

Description

There's a flaw in bfd_pef_scan_start_address() of bfd/pef.c in binutils which could allow an attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by objdump to cause a NULL pointer dereference. The greatest threat of this flaw is to application availability. This flaw affects binutils versions prior to 2.34.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0	MEDIUM 4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2020-23165
GCVE · GCVE-0-2020-35496

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2025-AVI-0337 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 2.34
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire\,_enterprise_sds_\&_hci_storage_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire_\&_hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:brocade_fabric_operating_system_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:hci_compute_node_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Affected products

Product	Versions
binutils	affected binutils 2.34

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD