CVE-2020-16592

PoC —

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

EPSS

1%p63

Published

Dec 9, 2020 (Dec 9, 2020)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: gnu netapp fedoraproject
Products: binutils, ontap select deploy administration utility, fedora
Weakness: CWE-416
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.1%)

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