Vulnerabilities / CVE-2015-3253

critical

CVE-2015-3253

groovy: remote execution of untrusted code in class MethodClosure

Published Modified CWE 74
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GHSA9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat9.6CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA. Rated lower by Red Hat (high).

Description

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.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenorg.codehaus.groovy:groovy, org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all2.4.4
debian 11groovy2.4.6-1
debian 12groovy2.4.6-1
debian 13groovy2.4.6-1
debian 14groovy2.4.6-1
debian 7groovy1.8.6-1+deb7u1
debian 8groovy, groovy21.8.6-4+deb8u1 and 1 more
echogroovy2.4.6-1
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SourcePackageFixed in
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenorg.codehaus.groovy:groovy2.4.4
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenorg.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all2.4.4
debian 11groovy2.4.6-1
debian 12groovy2.4.6-1
debian 13groovy2.4.6-1
debian 14groovy2.4.6-1
debian 7groovy1.8.6-1+deb7u1
debian 8groovy1.8.6-4+deb8u1
debian 8groovy22.2.2+dfsg-3+deb8u1
echogroovy2.4.6-1

References

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