CVE-2025-1182

Summary

CVE-2025-1182 is a critical vulnerability affecting GNU Binutils 2.43. Specifically, the function bfd_elf_reloc_symbol_deleted_p in the file bfd/elflink.c of the component ld contains a memory corruption issue. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to launch a remote attack, although the complexity of the exploit is relatively high and the exploitability is reportedly difficult. The exploit has been made public, increasing the risk of potential attacks. To mitigate this threat, it is strongly recommended to apply the patch identified as b425859021d17adf62f06fb904797cf8642986ad.

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