| Name | CVE-2020-35493 |
| Description | A flaw exists in binutils in bfd/pef.c. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted PEF file to be parsed by objdump could cause a heap buffer overflow -> out-of-bounds read that could lead to an impact to application availability. This flaw affects binutils versions prior to 2.34. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| binutils (PTS) | bullseye | 2.35.2-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.40-2 | fixed |
| trixie | 2.43.50.20241210-1 | fixed |
| sid | 2.43.50.20241215-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| binutils | source | (unstable) | 2.33.50.20200107-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25307
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=f2a3559d54602cecfec6d90f792be4a70ad918ab
binutils not covered by security support