8.8

CVE-2020-19726: gnu binutils Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-19726DEBIAN-CVE-2020-19726
Published 22-08-2023Last modified 04-10-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-19726 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in gnu binutils. EPSS estimates a 0.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
45/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.75%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 5
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13411-1SUSE-SU-2023:3695-1SUSE-SU-2023:3825-1USN-6381-1USN-6544-1

Timeline

  1. 22-08-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.75%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

54%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.75% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.75%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (sourceware.org)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (sourceware.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • binutils< 2.37-3
Gnu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • binutils< 2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm3 | < 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm7 | < 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm1 | < 2.34-6ubuntu1.7

3 vendors · 3 products

References

7 links