{"id":"CVE-2023-1972","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-1972","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:41:51.098Z","title":"A potential heap based buffer overflow was found in _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables() in bfd/elf.c.","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.","published":"2023-05-17T22:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:29:10.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119","CWE-787"],"affected":["gnu/binutils"],"epss":{"score":0.00895,"percentile":0.59242,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.90%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2185646","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-15","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30285","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2185646","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-15","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30285","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1972","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}