NULL pointer dereference in Binutils - CVE-2020-35495
Published: April 22, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU107636
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-35495
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Binutils
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
IBM Cloud Pak for Security
mingw-binutils
sys-devel/binutils
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
IBM Cloud Pak for Security
mingw-binutils
sys-devel/binutils
How to mitigate CVE-2020-35495
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..
Binutils - update to 2.34
IBM Cloud Pak for Security - update to 1.11.2.0
mingw-binutils - update to 2.32-9.fc32
sys-devel/binutils - update to 2.35.2
IBM Cloud Pak for Security - update to 1.11.2.0
mingw-binutils - update to 2.32-9.fc32
sys-devel/binutils - update to 2.35.2