Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-BINUTILS-5417752
  • published11 Apr 2023
  • disclosed10 Apr 2023

Introduced: 10 Apr 2023

CVE-2023-1972  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:8 binutils.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Scores

version 3.1