usn-7208-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-01-16 12:40
Modified
2026-06-25 10:46
Summary
bcel vulnerability
Details
Felix Wilhelm discovered that Apache Commons BCEL APIs incorrectly handled parameters due to a memory issue. An attacker supplying malicious input could exploit this to generate and execute arbitrary bytecode.
References
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
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"details": "Felix Wilhelm discovered that Apache Commons BCEL APIs\nincorrectly handled parameters due to a memory issue. An\nattacker supplying malicious input could exploit this to\ngenerate and execute arbitrary bytecode.\n",
"id": "USN-7208-1",
"modified": "2026-06-25T10:46:38Z",
"published": "2025-01-16T12:40:24Z",
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