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CVE-2020-16592
CVE-2020-16592
PUBLISHED
A use after free issue exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) in GNU Binutils 2.34 in bfd_hash_lookup, as demonstrated in nm-new, that can cause a denial of service via a crafted file.
EPSS 0.32% · 55.8th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.32%
55.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | binutils | *, 2.30-7ubuntu1, 2.30-8ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | binutils | 2.33.1-1ubuntu1, 2.33.1-6ubuntu3, 2.33.90.20200122-1ubuntu2 |
Exploit Intelligence
Timeline
- Dec 9, 2020 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16592 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5124-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-16592 third-party-advisory