What is CVE-2020-19726?

CVE-2020-19726 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnu Binutils, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2020-19726?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Gnu Binutils

CVE-2020-19726

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.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.007 (47.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Gnu Binutils — versions 2.36
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-19726?: CVE-2020-19726 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnu Binutils, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2020-19726?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.