CVE-2020-16593

PoC —

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

EPSS

1%p66

Published

Dec 9, 2020 (Dec 9, 2020)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

A Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.35, in scan_unit_for_symbols, as demonstrated in addr2line, that can cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Vendors: gnu netapp
Products: binutils, cloud backup, ontap select deploy administration utility, solidfire \& hci management node
Weakness: CWE-476
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 (1.2%)

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