NULL pointer dereference in Binutils - CVE-2020-35495

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NULL pointer dereference in Binutils - CVE-2020-35495

Published: April 22, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU107636
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-35495
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
Binutils

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A local user can submit a crafted input file to be processed by the objdump program and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2020-35495

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