A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function
bfd_putl64 of the file bfd/libbfd.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption.
This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-1179. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.
The code maintainer explains, that “[t]his bug has been fixed at some point between the 2.43 and 2.44 releases”.
It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
The code maintainer explains, that “[t]his bug has been fixed at some point between the 2.43 and 2.44 releases”.
