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CVE-2021-20284

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 1.29%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-03-26 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2021-20284
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
1.29%

Original NVD Description

A flaw was found in GNU Binutils 2.35.1, where there is a heap-based buffer overflow in _bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section in elf.c due to the number of symbols not calculated correctly. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

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