CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-16590
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-12-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-415
Description
A double free vulnerability exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) (aka libbrd) in GNU Binutils 2.35 in the process_symbol_table, as demonstrated in readelf, via a crafted file.
Affected configurations
• gnu binutils 2.35
• netapp ontap select deploy administration utility
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-415 Double Free weakness
References
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210115-0003/ Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25821 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=c98a4545dc7bf2bcaf1de539c4eb84784680eaa4 sourceware.org
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210115-0003/ Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25821 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=c98a4545dc7bf2bcaf1de539c4eb84784680eaa4 sourceware.org