Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU84094
Risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-19726
CWE-ID:
CWE-119 - Memory corruption
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in libbfd.c when handling the auxiliary symbol data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
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Vulnerable software versionsBinutils: 2.36
CPE2.3 External linkshttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26241
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26240
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.