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CVE-2020-19726 (GCVE-0-2020-19726)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-22 00:00 – Updated: 2024-10-04 16:24
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Summary
An issue was discovered in binutils libbfd.c 2.36 relating to the auxiliary symbol data allows attackers to read or write to system memory or cause a denial of service.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-04 16:23 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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