A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. Affected is the function bfd_elf_reloc_symbol_deleted_p of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption.

This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-1182. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.