CVE-2020-16592
'Brienzos BFD Hash Use After Free Denial of Service
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 9, 2020, 9:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 3:18 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2020-16592 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
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The following list is the news that have been mention
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2020-16592 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference MITRE https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=7ecb51549ab1ec22aba5aaf34b70323cf0b8509a [No types assigned] Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UKIMSD5FIC3QFJDKNHR2PSO6JYJGCLHB/ [No types assigned] Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DJIW6KKY2TSLD43XEZXG56WREIIBUIIQ/ [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=7ecb51549ab1ec22aba5aaf34b70323cf0b8509a Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UKIMSD5FIC3QFJDKNHR2PSO6JYJGCLHB/ Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DJIW6KKY2TSLD43XEZXG56WREIIBUIIQ/ -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 01, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DJIW6KKY2TSLD43XEZXG56WREIIBUIIQ/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DJIW6KKY2TSLD43XEZXG56WREIIBUIIQ/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UKIMSD5FIC3QFJDKNHR2PSO6JYJGCLHB/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UKIMSD5FIC3QFJDKNHR2PSO6JYJGCLHB/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210115-0003/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210115-0003/ Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 15, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210115-0003/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 27, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DJIW6KKY2TSLD43XEZXG56WREIIBUIIQ/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 27, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UKIMSD5FIC3QFJDKNHR2PSO6JYJGCLHB/ [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 10, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25823 No Types Assigned https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25823 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=7ecb51549ab1ec22aba5aaf34b70323cf0b8509a No Types Assigned https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=7ecb51549ab1ec22aba5aaf34b70323cf0b8509a Patch, Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-416 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 09, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description A use after free issue exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) in GNU Binuntils 2.34 in bfd_hash_lookup, as demonstrated in nm-new, that can cause a denial of service via a crafted file. 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.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Exploit Prediction
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0.17 }} 0.09%
score
0.54010
percentile