CVE-2020-16591

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU Binutils versions 2.34 through 2.35

Description A Denial of Service issue exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) due to an invalid read in the process symbol table function. This can allow an attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For GNU Binutils version 2.34, consider disabling the process symbol table function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. For GNU Binutils version 2.35, consider disabling the process symbol table function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available.