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CVE-2020-19724

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-08-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-401

Description

A memory consumption issue in get_data function in binutils/nm.c in GNU nm before 2.34 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command.

Affected products

• GNU Binutils: before 2.34 — fixed in 2.34

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GNU Binutils 2.34. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25362
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=805f38bc551de820bcd7b31d3c5731ae27cf853a
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25362
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=805f38bc551de820bcd7b31d3c5731ae27cf853a

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