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Unscored CVE-2020-35494 EUVD-2020-23163GHSA-4cpw-77g4-8rhj

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 c…

Published Jan 4, 2021 · Updated Oct 8, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— binutils binutils 2.34 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 binutils 2.33.50.20200107-1 —
Debian 13 binutils 2.33.50.20200107-1 —
Debian 12 binutils 2.33.50.20200107-1 —

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