ubuntu-cve-2023-1972
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-04-12 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:44
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1972",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:44:58Z",
  "published": "2023-04-12T00:00:00Z",
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}



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