CVE-2025-48924
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-07-11
Last updated on: 2025-11-04
Assigner: Apache Software Foundation
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| apache | commons_lang | From 2.0 (inc) to 2.6 (exc) |
| apache | commons_lang | From 3.0 (inc) to 3.18.0 (exc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-674 | The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is an Uncontrolled Recursion issue in Apache Commons Lang. Specifically, the ClassUtils.getClass(...) methods can cause a StackOverflowError when given very long inputs. This happens because the method recurses without proper control, leading to a stack overflow.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The impact of this vulnerability is that a StackOverflowError can be thrown, which is usually not handled by applications or libraries. This can cause the affected application to stop or crash unexpectedly.
What immediate steps should I take to mitigate this vulnerability?
Users are recommended to upgrade Apache Commons Lang to version 3.18.0, which fixes the issue.