Improper Initialization Affecting binutils package, versions <2.33.50.20200107-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-BINUTILS-5858442
  • published25 Aug 2023
  • disclosed22 Aug 2023

Introduced: 22 Aug 2023

CVE-2020-35342  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-665  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 binutils to version 2.33.50.20200107-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

GNU Binutils before 2.34 has an uninitialized-heap vulnerability in function tic4x_print_cond (file opcodes/tic4x-dis.c) which could allow attackers to make an information leak.

CVSS Scores

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