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CVE-2020-16599

A Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.00074
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference
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Affected Products & Versions

5
gnu binutilsall versions
netapp cloud backupall versions
netapp hci management nodeall versions
netapp ontap select deploy administration utilityall versions
netapp solidfireall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocsourceware.org · show_bug.cgi?id=25842sourceware.org
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Scoring & Timeline

5.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD09 Dec 2020 · 09:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

14
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10651-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:12717-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2023:3825-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2023:3695-1
rhsaRHSA-2023:7394Moderate
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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0003/Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git
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