Vulnerability in Broadcom Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware
CVE-2020-35494
There's a flaw in binutils /opcodes/tic4x-dis.c. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted input file to be processed by binutils could cause usage of uninitialized memory. The highest threat is to application availability with a lower threat to data confidentiality. This flaw affects binutils versions prior to 2.34.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (66.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Broadcom Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware
- GNU Binutils
- NetApp Cloud Backup
- NetApp Hci Compute Node
- NetApp Hci Compute Node Firmware
- NetApp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility
- NetApp Solidfire\, Enterprise Sds \& Hci Storage Node
- NetApp Solidfire \& Hci Management Node
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 32
- Binutils — versions binutils 2.34
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210212-0007/ (Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-24 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-35494?
- CVE-2020-35494 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-01-04.
- How severe is CVE-2020-35494?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-35494 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.