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CVE-2020-19726

Published: Aug 22, 2023 | Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
8.8 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-19726
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

An issue was discovered in binutils libbfd.c 2.36 relating to the auxiliary symbol data allows attackers to read or write to system memory or cause a denial of service.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
BinutilsGnu2.36 (including)2.36 (including)
BinutilsUbuntubionic*
BinutilsUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
BinutilsUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/xenial*
BinutilsUbuntuesm-infra/bionic*
BinutilsUbuntuesm-infra/focal*
BinutilsUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
BinutilsUbuntufocal*
BinutilsUbuntutrusty*
BinutilsUbuntutrusty/esm*
BinutilsUbuntuupstream*
BinutilsUbuntuxenial*

References

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