CVE-2023-1972 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Gnu	Binutils

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2185646
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1972
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-15
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30285
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1972

History

Wed, 22 Jan 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2023-05-17T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-22T19:45:13.172Z

Reserved: 2023-04-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-1972

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:05:27.088Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-17T22:15:10.827

Modified: 2025-01-22T20:15:29.807

Link: CVE-2023-1972

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2023-04-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-1972 - Bugzilla

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