CVE-2025-1179

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU Binutils version 2.43

Description A critical issue has been found in GNU Binutils, affecting the function bfd putl64 of the file bfd/libbfd.c of the component ld. This issue leads to memory corruption and can be exploited remotely, although the complexity of an attack is rather high and the exploitation is known to be difficult.

Recommendations For GNU Binutils version 2.43, upgrade to version 2.44 to address this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the bfd putl64 function until a patch is available.