CVE-2020-16590 - A double free vulnerability exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) (aka libbrd) in GNU Binutils

CVE-2020-16590

Summary

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.

References

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	4.3 (as of 23-03-2022 - 15:05)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

CWE-415

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	MEDIUM	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	NONE	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

refmap via4

confirm	https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210115-0003/
misc	https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25821 https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=c98a4545dc7bf2bcaf1de539c4eb84784680eaa4

Last major update

23-03-2022 - 15:05

Published

09-12-2020 - 21:15

Last modified

23-03-2022 - 15:05