Medium severity · published May 17, 2023
CVE-2023-1972
A potential heap based buffer overflow was found in _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables() in bfd/elf.c
6.5
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A potential heap based buffer overflow was found in _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables() in bfd/elf.c. This may lead to loss of availability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 59% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BI
Binutils · Gnu
2.35 through 2.40 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1972
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1972
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2185646
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-15
Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30285
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