Out-of-bounds Read Affecting binutils package, versions <2.37-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.24% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-BINUTILS-17992909
  • published16 Jul 2026
  • disclosed27 Dec 2020

Introduced: 27 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-35448  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest binutils to version 2.37-3 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.35.1. A heap-based buffer over-read can occur in bfd_getl_signed_32 in libbfd.c because sh_entsize is not validated in _bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section in elf.c.

CVSS Base Scores

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