CVE-2020-16599
MEDIUM5.5EPSS 0.07%Published: 12/9/2020Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16599
Description
A Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.35, in _bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string, as demonstrated in nm-new, that can cause a denial of service via a crafted file.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/binutilsfrom 0, < 2.35-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |