Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 9, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-16593

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.

Affected products

GNU/Binutilsdescription
GNU/Binutilsllm-fuzzy
Range: <=2.35
GNU/libbfdllm-fuzzy
Range: <=2.35
osv-coords80 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2 pkg:rpm/opensuse/binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/opensuse/bpftrace&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2 pkg:rpm/opensuse/bpftrace&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-aarch64-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-aarch64-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-arm-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-arm-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-avr-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-avr-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-epiphany-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-epiphany-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-hppa64-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-hppa64-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-hppa-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-hppa-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-i386-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-i386-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-ia64-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-ia64-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-m68k-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-m68k-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-mips-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-mips-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-ppc64-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-ppc64-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-ppc64le-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-ppc64le-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-ppc-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-ppc-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-riscv64-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-riscv64-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-rx-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-rx-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-s390-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-s390-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-s390x-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-s390x-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-sparc64-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-sparc64-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-sparc-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-sparc-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-spu-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-spu-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-x86_64-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-xtensa-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2 pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208 pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206 pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOS pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOS pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCL pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCL pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-BCL pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015 pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208 pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209 pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208 pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209 pkg:rpm/suse/bpftrace&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/cross-ppc-binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/cross-spu-binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5
< 2.37-lp152.4.9.1+ 79 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-lp152.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-1.3
- (no CPE)range: < 0.11.4-lp152.2.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.11.4-3.2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-lp152.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-lp152.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-lp152.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-lp152.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-lp152.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-lp152.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-lp152.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-lp152.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-lp152.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-lp152.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-lp152.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-lp152.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-lp152.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-lp152.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-lp152.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-lp152.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-lp152.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-lp152.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-lp152.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-lp152.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-lp152.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-9.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-6.23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-6.23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-9.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-9.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-9.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-9.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-9.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-6.23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-9.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-9.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-9.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-6.23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-7.21.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-9.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-9.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-9.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-9.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-9.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.11.4-3.2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-9.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-9.39.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0003/nvdThird Party Advisory

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