CVE-2020-16590

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-16590
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-16590.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-16590
Downstream
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Published
2020-12-09T21:15:15.037Z
Modified
2026-07-08T12:04:58.424739Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A double free vulnerability exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) (aka libbrd) in GNU Binutils 2.35 in the processsymboltable, as demonstrated in readelf, via a crafted file.

References

Affected packages

Git / sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git
Events
Introduced
2cb5c79dad39dd438fb0f7372ac04cf5aa2a7db7
Last affected
2cb5c79dad39dd438fb0f7372ac04cf5aa2a7db7
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_STRING",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "2.35"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.35"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

2.*
2.35
Other
binutils-2_35

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-16590.json"