CVE-2016-6814
When an application with unsupported Codehaus versions of Groovy from 1.7.0 to 2.4.3, Apache Groovy 2.4.4 to 2.4.7 on classpath uses…
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Description
When an application with unsupported Codehaus versions of Groovy from 1.7.0 to 2.4.3, Apache Groovy 2.4.4 to 2.4.7 on classpath uses standard Java serialization mechanisms, e.g. to communicate between servers or to store local data, it was possible for an attacker to bake a special serialized object that will execute code directly when deserialized. All applications which rely on serialization and do not isolate the code which deserializes objects were subject to this vulnerability.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 17.2% · top 2.9% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.codehaus.groovy:groovyGHSA-xphj-m9cc-8fmq (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.codehaus.groovy:groovy-allGHSA-xphj-m9cc-8fmq (opens in a new tab)
References (16)
- RHSA-2017:2596 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0868 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2486 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0272 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 95429 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1039600 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- GLSA-202003-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201701.mbox/%3CCADRx3PMZ2hBCGDTY35zYXFGaDnjAs0tc5-upaVs6QN2sYUejyA%40mail.gmail.com%3E (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-xphj-m9cc-8fmq (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .