ubuntu-cve-2020-35507
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2021-01-04 15:15
Modified
2025-07-16 04:56
Summary
Details
There's a flaw in bfd_pef_parse_function_stubs of bfd/pef.c in binutils in versions prior to 2.34 which could allow an attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by objdump to cause a NULL pointer dereference. The greatest threat of this flaw is to application availability.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
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{
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"name": "binutils",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/binutils@2.34-6ubuntu1?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
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}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
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"2.33.1-1ubuntu1",
"2.33.1-5ubuntu1",
"2.33.1-6ubuntu1",
"2.33.1-6ubuntu3",
"2.33.90.20200122-1ubuntu2",
"2.34-1ubuntu1",
"2.34-3ubuntu1",
"2.34-4ubuntu1",
"2.34-5ubuntu1"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "There\u0027s a flaw in bfd_pef_parse_function_stubs of bfd/pef.c in binutils in versions prior to 2.34 which could allow an attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by objdump to cause a NULL pointer dereference. The greatest threat of this flaw is to application availability.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-35507",
"modified": "2025-07-16T04:56:21Z",
"published": "2021-01-04T15:15:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-35507"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-35507"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "low",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2020-35507"
],
"withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:46:15Z"
}
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