CVE-2020-16591
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.38%
Description
A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) in GNU Binutils 2.35 due to an invalid read in process_symbol_table, as demonstrated in readeif.
How to fix CVE-2020-16591
To remediate CVE-2020-16591, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/binutils—upgrade to 2.35-1 or later
Is CVE-2020-16591 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.35-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |