cve/2023/CVE-2023-1972.md

### [CVE-2023-1972](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1972)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/13579and2468/Wei-fuzz
- https://github.com/fokypoky/places-list
- https://github.com/testing-felickz/docker-scout-demo