UBUNTU-CVE-2025-48924 (CVE-2025-48924)
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2025-07-11 15:15 – Updated: 2026-06-02 17:39 – Source websiteUncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in Apache Commons Lang. This issue affects Apache Commons Lang: Starting with commons-lang:commons-lang 2.0 to 2.6, and, from org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 3.0 before 3.18.0. The methods ClassUtils.getClass(...) can throw StackOverflowError on very long inputs. Because an Error is usually not handled by applications and libraries, a StackOverflowError could cause an application to stop. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.18.0, which fixes the issue.
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"details": "Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in Apache Commons Lang. This issue affects Apache Commons Lang: Starting with\u00a0commons-lang:commons-lang\u00a02.0 to 2.6, and, from org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 3.0 before\u00a03.18.0. The methods ClassUtils.getClass(...) can throw\u00a0StackOverflowError on very long inputs. Because an Error is usually not handled by applications and libraries, a StackOverflowError could\u00a0cause an application to stop. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.18.0, which fixes the issue.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-48924",
"modified": "2026-06-02T17:39:30Z",
"published": "2025-07-11T15:15:00Z",
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