CVE catalog
CVE-2020-35496
binutils: CVE-2020-35496
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.15% · Oct 25, 2026
There's a flaw in bfd_pef_scan_start_address() of bfd/pef.c in binutils 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. This flaw affects binutils versions prior to 2.34.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | binutils | sid | 2.47.50.20261021-1 | fixed |
| Debian | binutils | forky | 2.47.50.20261021-1 | fixed |
| Debian | binutils | trixie | 2.44-3 | fixed |
| Debian | binutils | bookworm | 2.40-2 | fixed |
| Cpe | binutils | Not reported | 2.34 | fixed |
| Cpe | fedora | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | cloud_backup | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | solidfire\,_enterprise_sds_\&_hci_storage_node | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | solidfire_\&_hci_management_node | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | brocade_fabric_operating_system_firmware | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | hci_compute_node_firmware | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | binutils | source | sid | 2.33.50.20200107-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | binutils | source | forky | 2.33.50.20200107-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | binutils | source | trixie | 2.33.50.20200107-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | binutils | source | bookworm | 2.33.50.20200107-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Cpe | binutils | cpe | Not reported | 2.34 | Not reported | NVD-CVE-2020-35496 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [binutils]Fixed
Details (2)
2.40-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
2.40-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
- [binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu]Fixed
Source package: [binutils]
Details (2)
2.40-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
2.40-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
Source package: [binutils]
Details (2)
2.40-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
2.40-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
- [binutils-alpha-linux-gnu]Fixed
Source package: [binutils]
Details (1)
2.40-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
- [binutils-alpha-linux-gnu-dbg]Fixed
Source package: [binutils]
Details (1)
2.40-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
- [binutils-arc-linux-gnu]Fixed
Source package: [binutils]
Details (2)
2.40-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
2.40-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
- [binutils-arc-linux-gnu-dbg]Fixed
Source package: [binutils]
Details (2)
2.40-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
2.40-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
- [binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi]Fixed
Source package: [binutils]
Details (2)
2.40-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
2.40-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
Source package: [binutils]
Details (2)
2.40-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
2.40-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
- [binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf]Fixed
Source package: [binutils]
Details (2)
2.40-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
2.40-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
Source package: [binutils]
Details (2)
2.40-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
2.40-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
- [binutils-common]Fixed
Source package: [binutils]
Details (2)
2.40-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
2.40-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
- [binutils-dev]Fixed
Source package: [binutils]
Details (2)
2.40-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
2.40-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
- [binutils-doc]Fixed
Source package: [binutils]
Details (2)
2.40-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
2.40-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
- [binutils-for-build]Fixed
Source package: [binutils]
Details (2)
2.40-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
2.40-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
- [binutils-for-host]Fixed
Source package: [binutils]
Details (2)
2.40-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
2.40-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
- [binutils-hppa64-linux-gnu]Fixed
Source package: [binutils]
Details (1)
2.40-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
Source package: [binutils]
Details (1)
2.40-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
- [binutils-hppa-linux-gnu]Fixed
Source package: [binutils]
Details (1)
2.40-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
- [binutils-hppa-linux-gnu-dbg]Fixed
Source package: [binutils]
Details (1)
2.40-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.33.50.20200107-1dsa · binutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · binutils · debian · 12
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2021_3593-1.json]
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35496]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35496]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-35496]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-35496]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [National Vulnerability Database (NVD)] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]