There's a flaw in binutils /bfd/pef.c. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted input file to be processed by the objdump program could cause a null pointer dereference. The greatest threat from this flaw is to application availability. This flaw affects binutils versions prior to 2.34.
Advisories
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-23164 There's a flaw in binutils /bfd/pef.c. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted input file to be processed by the objdump program could cause a null pointer dereference. The greatest threat from this flaw is to application availability. This flaw affects binutils versions prior to 2.34.
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Mon, 09 Nov 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-08T21:13:58.426Z

Reserved: 2020-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-35495

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T17:02:08.152Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-01-04T15:15:13.667

Modified: 2026-10-08T22:16:59.887

Link: CVE-2020-35495

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2019-12-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-35495 - Bugzilla

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