CVE-2020-35342: High severity binutils vulnerability

Published Aug 22, 2023
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Updated

GNU Binutils before 2.34 has an uninitialized-heap vulnerability in function tic4xprintcond (file opcodes/tic4x-dis.c) which could allow attackers to make an information leak.

Affected Software

2 affected componentsFixes available
GNU binutils<2.34
debian/binutils
2.35.2-22.40-22.44-3

Event History

Aug 22, 2023
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Description
Jan 11, 2024
Data Sourced
via Launchpad·11:50 PM
Description
Sep 16, 2024
Data Sourced
via Ubuntu·02:17 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID of this issue?

The vulnerability ID is CVE-2020-35342.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2020-35342?

The severity of CVE-2020-35342 is high with a severity value of 7.5.

3

How does CVE-2020-35342 affect GNU Binutils?

CVE-2020-35342 affects GNU Binutils before version 2.34.

4

How can attackers exploit CVE-2020-35342?

Attackers can exploit CVE-2020-35342 to make an information leak.

5

Are there any references for CVE-2020-35342?

Yes, here are some references for CVE-2020-35342: - [Bugzilla](https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25319) - [CVE Details](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-35342) - [GitWeb](https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=8c5e259235a4e4546910245b170de1e29a711034)

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