CVE-2023-1972 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Binutils

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write10 documents8 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 80.81%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedMay 17
Latest updateJun 20

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debiangnu/binutils< 2.41-1+1
▶NVDgnu/binutils2.35 — 2.40
▶CVEListV5gnu/binutilsaffected at least binutils 2.40

Patches

Patch: sourceware.org ↗Patch: sourceware.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
OSV
gdb vulnerabilities↗2024-06-20
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OSV
binutils vulnerabilities↗2023-05-24
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GHSA
GHSA-gxpx-hfgx-m75g: A potential heap based buffer overflow was found in _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables() in bfd/elf↗2023-05-18
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CVEList
CVE-2023-1972: A potential heap based buffer overflow was found in _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables() in bfd/elf↗2023-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2023-1972: A potential heap based buffer overflow was found in _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables() in bfd/elf↗2023-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2023-05-24
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Microsoft
A potential heap based buffer overflow was found in _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables() in bfd/elf.c.↗2023-05-09
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Red Hat
binutils: Illegal memory access when accessing a zer0-lengthverdef table↗2023-04-10
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Debian
CVE-2023-1972: binutils - A potential heap based buffer overflow was found in _bfd_elf_slurp_version_table...↗2023
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CVE-2023-1972 — GNU Binutils vulnerability | cvebase