{"id":"CVE-2020-16590","details":"A double free vulnerability exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) (aka libbrd) in GNU Binutils 2.35 in the process_symbol_table, as demonstrated in readelf, via a crafted file.","modified":"2026-08-28T08:20:31.344012Z","published":"2020-12-09T21:15:15.037Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2021:3593-1","SUSE-SU-2021:3616-1","SUSE-SU-2022:0934-1","openSUSE-SU-2021:1475-1","openSUSE-SU-2021:3616-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:10651-1"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=c98a4545dc7bf2bcaf1de539c4eb84784680eaa4"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210115-0003/"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25821"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git","events":[{"introduced":"2cb5c79dad39dd438fb0f7372ac04cf5aa2a7db7"},{"last_affected":"2cb5c79dad39dd438fb0f7372ac04cf5aa2a7db7"}],"database_specific":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"2.35"},{"last_affected":"2.35"}],"source":"CPE_STRING"}}],"versions":["2.35","binutils-2_35"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-16590.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}