CVE-2020-35496

Name	CVE-2020-35496
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, 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	2.44-3	fixed
	forky, sid	2.45-7	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=25308
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=7a0fb7be96e0ce79e1ae429bc1ba913e5244d537
binutils not covered by security support