CVE-2023-1972
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.90%
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.
How to fix CVE-2023-1972
To remediate CVE-2023-1972, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/binutils—upgrade to 2.40-r7 or later
Is CVE-2023-1972 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 2.35, < 2.40-r7
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |