Security advisory

{
  "id": "5ff3751298bbb59302a0fb0683e6e9ef3cd04f822c78c1fbdf234eb077eb725d",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-35496",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-35496",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-35496",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-35496",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-35496"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "d7f734bc7e9e5fb6c33b433973b57e1eed3a7e9f"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.34"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "gdb-9-branchpoint",
            "gdb-8.3-branchpoint",
            "users/ARM/embedded-gdb-master-2018q4",
            "users/ARM/embedded-binutils-master-2018q4",
            "gdb-8.2-branchpoint",
            "gdb-8.1-branchpoint",
            "users/ARM/embedded-gdb-master-2017q4",
            "users/ARM/embedded-binutils-master-2017q4",
            "gdb-8.0-branchpoint",
            "users/ARM/embedded-binutils-master-2016q4",
            "gdb-7.12-branchpoint",
            "gdb-7.11-branchpoint",
            "gdb-7.10-branchpoint",
            "gdb-7.9-branchpoint",
            "gdb-7.8-branchpoint",
            "gdb-7.7-branchpoint",
            "gdb_7_6-branchpoint",
            "gdb_7_5-branchpoint",
            "gdb_7_4-branchpoint",
            "gdb_7_3-branchpoint",
            "gdb_7_2-branchpoint",
            "gdb_7_1-branchpoint",
            "gdb_7_0-branchpoint",
            "gdb_6_8-branchpoint",
            "gdb_6_7-branchpoint",
            "gdb_6_6-branchpoint",
            "gdb_6_5-branchpoint",
            "gdb_6_4-branchpoint",
            "gdb_6_3-branchpoint",
            "gdb_6_2-branchpoint",
            "gdb_6_1-branchpoint",
            "gdb_6_0-branchpoint",
            "gdb_5_3-branchpoint",
            "gdb_5_2-branchpoint",
            "gdb-4_18-branchpoint"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-35496.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:03.960395973Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KOK3QWSVOUJWJ54HVGIFWNLWQ5ZY4S6/",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-24",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210212-0007/",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1911444"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "fedoraproject:fedora",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "32"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "32"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-35496",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 440397,
  "published_at": "2021-01-04T15:15:14.323+00:00"
}