Improper Input Validation Affecting binutils package, versions [,2.34)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-BINUTILS-2368442
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed4 Jan 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 Jan 2021

CVE-2020-35493  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade binutils to version 2.34 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. 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.

CVSS Scores

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