{"cve":"CVE-2023-1972","nvd":{"published":"2023-05-17T22:15:10.827","modified":"2026-06-17T05:29:10.270","status":"Modified","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_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":6.5},"cwes":["CWE-787","CWE-119"],"references":["https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2185646","https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-15","https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30285","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2185646","https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-15"],"products":["gnu:binutils"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:38:18.424950729+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-1972","score":0.00895,"percentile":0.59517,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}