MediumFix available
binutils — security advisory
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.
- Products
- binutils
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.40-r10, 2.40-r7
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-1972
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 14:55 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2023-1972
binutils
Fixed versions: 2.40-r7
binutils
Fixed versions: 2.40-r10
binutils
Fixed versions: 2.40-r10
binutils
Fixed versions: 2.40-r10
binutils
Fixed versions: 2.40-r10
binutils
Fixed versions: 2.40-r10
binutils
Fixed versions: 2.40-r10
Complete source record
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