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critical 9.8

CVE-2015-3253 in the critical feed json

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component in Apache Groovy

published 2015-08-13 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-qg25-hgjv-cg9q , EUVD-2022-4964

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
41.0%
EPSS 41.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The MethodClosure class in runtime/MethodClosure.java in Apache Groovy 1.7.0 through 2.4.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted serialized object.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.codehaus.groovy:groovy 2.4.4
  • maven org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all 2.4.4
  • groovy Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.4.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3253

  • groovy RHEL 7 1.8.9-8.el7_4
  • groovy-javadoc RHEL 7 1.8.9-8.el7_4
  • rh-maven33-groovy RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1.8.9-7.19.el6
  • rh-maven33-groovy RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1.8.9-7.19.el7
  • rh-maven33-groovy-javadoc RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1.8.9-7.19.el6
  • rh-maven33-groovy-javadoc RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1.8.9-7.19.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:2486RHSA-2017:2596

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-3253 updated cvss 9.6

groovy: remote execution of untrusted code in class MethodClosure

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 jasperreports-server-pro
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 groovy-all Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 groovy-all
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 groovy-all Red Hat JBoss Portal 6 groovy-all
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 4 groovy-all Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 jenkins
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) groovy 1.8.9-8.el7_4, groovy-javadoc 1.8.9-8.el7_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) groovy 1.8.9-8.el7_4, groovy-javadoc 1.8.9-8.el7_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) groovy 1.8.9-8.el7_4, groovy-javadoc 1.8.9-8.el7_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) groovy 1.8.9-8.el7_4, groovy-javadoc 1.8.9-8.el7_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2486
  • Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2557
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0066
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2556
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  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2558
  • Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0118
  • Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1376
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) rh-maven33-groovy 1.8.9-7.19.el6, rh-maven33-groovy-javadoc 1.8.9-7.19.el6 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-maven33-groovy 1.8.9-7.19.el7, rh-maven33-groovy-javadoc 1.8.9-7.19.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) rh-maven33-groovy 1.8.9-7.19.el6, rh-maven33-groovy-javadoc 1.8.9-7.19.el6 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) rh-maven33-groovy 1.8.9-7.19.el7, rh-maven33-groovy-javadoc 1.8.9-7.19.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) rh-maven33-groovy 1.8.9-7.19.el6, rh-maven33-groovy-javadoc 1.8.9-7.19.el6 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-maven33-groovy 1.8.9-7.19.el7, rh-maven33-groovy-javadoc 1.8.9-7.19.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2596
  • Red Hat BPM Suite 6 groovy-all
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

41.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.codehaus.groovy:groovy
>=1.7.0, <2.4.4
2.4.4
maven org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all
>=1.7.0, <2.4.4
2.4.4

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component

References

Sources

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