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CVE-2020-21490

binutils: memory leak in get_field() in microblaze-dis.c

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

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CVSS

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Published · December 4, 2019

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A memory leak vulnerability has been discovered in Binutils in microblaze-dis.c. This flaw results in memory consumption with each disassembled instruction. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to conduct a denial of service attack by repeatedly triggering the disassembly of instructions, leading to memory exhaustion and service disruption.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CWE not specified