{"action":"Upgrade binutils to 2.40-r7 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"2.40-r7","introduced":"2.35"}],"component":"binutils","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Alpine","ecosystem_qualifier":"Alpine:v3.18","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["2.40-r7"],"id":"tcs_01M5NEJAEB7W2N13A4SE4X3JN6","modified_at":"2026-10-26T17:17:58.605460395Z","published_at":"2023-05-17T22:15:10.827Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2023-1972","https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-1972"],"severity":{"label":"medium","score":6.5},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"ALPINE-CVE-2023-1972","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2023-1972"}],"summary":"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."}