Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU88552

Memory leak in Binutils - CVE-2020-21490

Published: April 16, 2024

Vulnerability identifier: #VU88552

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-2020-21490

CWE-ID: CWE-401

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 DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak. A local user can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.

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