🛡️ CVE-2023-51079 on Ubuntu — mvel

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

** DISPUTED ** A long execution time can occur in the ParseTools.subCompileExpression method in MVEL 2.5.0.Final because of many Java class lookups. NOTE: the vendor disputes this because "the only thing that you could expect is that the parser will take a crazy amount of time to complete its task."

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-51079 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package mvel. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability low.

Affected software and timeline

Affected software: mvel. Published on 27 December 2023. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

CVE-2023-51079 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2023-12-27
Updated 2026-06-02
Modified 2023-12-27
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
mvel — —

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