5.5

CVE-2020-35495: broadcom brocade_fabric_operating_system_firmware NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-35495DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35495
Published 04-01-2021Last modified 08-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-35495 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in broadcom brocade_fabric_operating_system_firmware. EPSS estimates a 1.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.21%
0%100%
Low · +0.06 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 04-01-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

There's a flaw in binutils /bfd/pef.c. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted input file to be processed by the objdump program could cause a null pointer dereference. The greatest threat from this flaw is to application availability. This flaw affects binutils versions prior to 2.34.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

68%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.06 pp

From 1.16% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.21%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugzilla.redhat.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Netapp5 products
Broadcom1 product
Debian1 product
  • binutils< 2.33.50.20200107-1
Fedoraproject1 product
Gnu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • binutils< 2.34-6ubuntu1

6 vendors · 10 products

References

8 links