MEDIUM 5.5 Microsoft

CVE-2020-35496

There's a flaw in bfd_pef_scan_start_address() of bfd/pef.c in binutils which could allow an attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by objdump to cause a NULL pointer dereference. The greatest threat of this flaw is to application availability. This flaw affects binutils versions prior to 2.34.

Microsoft Security Update 2021-Jan: There's a flaw in bfd_pef_scan_start_address() of bfd/pef.c in binutils which could allow an attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by objdump to cause a NULL pointer dereference. The greatest threat of this flaw is to application availability. This flaw affects binutils versions prior to 2.34.

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Published: 2021-01-12 · Source: Microsoft · Feed updated: 2026-09-07
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 was published on 2021-01-12 via Microsoft. Affected: cm1 binutils 2.32-5 on CBL Mariner 1.0.
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