7.5

CVE-2020-35342: gnu binutils Improper Initialization

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-35342DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35342
Published 22-08-2023Last modified 03-10-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-35342 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Initialization vulnerability in gnu binutils. EPSS estimates a 0.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
40/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.77%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
USN-6381-1

Timeline

  1. 22-08-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

GNU Binutils before 2.34 has an uninitialized-heap vulnerability in function tic4x_print_cond (file opcodes/tic4x-dis.c) which could allow attackers to make an information leak.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.77%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

55%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.77% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.77%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (sourceware.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • binutils< 2.33.50.20200107-1
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

3 vendors · 3 products

References

8 links