CVE-2020-35493
moderate-risk
Published 2021-01-04
A flaw exists in binutils in bfd/pef.c. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted PEF file to be parsed by objdump could cause a heap buffer overflow -> out-of-bounds read that could lead to an impact to application availability. This flaw affects binutils versions prior to 2.34.
Do I need to act?
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0.21% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10
Medium
LOCAL
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (8)
Affected Vendors
References (8)
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-24
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210212-0007/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-24
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210212-0007/
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
1/34 · Minimal
Exposure
14/34 · Moderate