{"id":"USN-5124-1","summary":"binutils vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain hash\nlookups. An attacker could use this issue to cause GNU binutils to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.\n(CVE-2020-16592)\n\nIt was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain corrupt\nDWARF debug sections. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause\nGNU binutils to consume memory, resulting in a denial of 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