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DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16592
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-...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
binutils
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.35-1"}]}]
Debian:13
binutils
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.35-1"}]}]
Debian:14
binutils
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.35-1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org