PT-2023-17381

CVE-2023-1972

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Published

2023-03-29

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Updated

2026-09-18

Description by

CVSS 2.0
7.8
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Binutils (affected versions not specified)
Description A potential heap-based buffer overflow was found in the bfd elf slurp version tables() function in bfd/elf.c. This issue may lead to a loss of availability.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
Related identifiers
CVE-2023-1972
BDU:2026-01797
ALT-PU-2023-5240
ALT-PU-2023-5880
ALT-PU-2024-9331
AZL-26754
CLEANSTART-2025-PC19077
CLEANSTART-2026-HF39630
ECHO-9454-EFCE-116B
MGASA-2024-0246
OESA-2023-1592
OESA-2023-1593
OESA-2023-1594
OPENSUSE-SU-2023_3825-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13411-1
ROSA-SA-2025-2645
SUSE-SU-2023:3695-1
SUSE-SU-2023:3825-1
USN-6101-1
USN-6842-1
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