CVE-2023-1972

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1972
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-1972.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-1972
Downstream
Related
Published
2023-05-17T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-05-18T05:57:01.769725726Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A potential heap based buffer overflow was found in bfdelfslurpversion_tables() in bfd/elf.c. This may lead to loss of availability.

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/1xxx/CVE-2023-1972.json",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-119"
    ],
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "affected at least binutils 2.40"
                }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
        }
    ],
    "cna_assigner": "redhat"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git
Events
Introduced
2cb5c79dad39dd438fb0f7372ac04cf5aa2a7db7
Last affected
32778522c7d8777803c88684b8e428ee729f0b22
Database specific 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "2.35"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.40"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_FIELD",
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-1972.json"