Vulnerability · Published May 17, 2023 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2023-1972
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity memory corruption in binutils. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | binutils | 2.40-r10 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-1972 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | binutils | 2.40-r10 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-1972 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | binutils | 2.40-r10 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-1972 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | binutils | 2.40-r10 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-1972 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | binutils | 2.40-r10 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-1972 |
| Debian:12 | binutils | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1972 |
| Debian:13 | binutils | 2.41-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1972 |
| Debian:14 | binutils | 2.41-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1972 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | binutils | 2.38-4ubuntu2.2 | USN-6101-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | binutils | 2.38-4ubuntu2.2 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1972 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | gdb | 12.1-0ubuntu1~22.04.2 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1972 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | gdb | 12.1-0ubuntu1~22.04.2 | USN-6842-1 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H