SB2020121832 - Fedora 33 update for mingw-binutils
Published: December 18, 2020 Updated: April 25, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020121832
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-16592)
CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists in bfd_hash_lookup. A local attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted data, trigger use-after-free and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.