`CVE-2015-3253` Apache Groovy

Affected software	Apache Groovy
Severity	9.8 Critical CVSS 3.0 2 scores
Fixed in	`2.4.4`
Weakness	CWE-74
Published	13 Aug 2015
Updated	17 Jun 2026

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.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 11 years ago.

CISA KEV not listed
VulnCheck KEV not listed
CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
Indexed PoC none indexed
EPSS 41% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

Protection none
Action not pursued none
Review human Researcher
Record active

Decided by	Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding	A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

Decided by

Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

Finding

A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

CVSS

9.8 CRITICAL v3.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

Version Score Band Vector Assigner Type

CVSS 3.0 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Primary published

CVSS 2.0 7.5 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P NVD Primary

Version	Score	Band	Vector	Assigner	Type
CVSS 3.0	9.8	CRITICAL	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`	NVD	Primary	published
CVSS 2.0	7.5	none	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`	NVD	Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

Advisory	Type	Quarter	Products Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2020 ↗	CPU	2020-Q2	Oracle Communications Applications / Admin Console (Groovy) (6.1)
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2019 ↗	CPU	2019-Q2	Oracle Fusion Middleware / Install, config, upgrade (Apache Groovy) (11.1.1.9.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2018 ↗	CPU	2018-Q1	Oracle Communications Applications / Security (Apache Groovy) (7.5)
Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2017 ↗	CPU	2017-Q4	Oracle Communications Applications / Security (Apache Groovy) (7.0, 7.1, 7.2)
Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2017 ↗	CPU	2017-Q3	Oracle Communications Applications / Elastic Charging Engine (Apache Groovy) (11.2.0.0.0, 11.3.0.0.0) Oracle Fusion Middleware / General (Apache Groovy) (8.1.13.0.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2017 ↗	CPU	2017-Q1	Oracle Big Data Graph / Spatial (prior to 1.2)
Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2016 ↗	CPU	2016-Q4	Oracle Commerce / Dynamo Application Framework (10.0.3.5, 10.2.0.5, 11.2.0.1) Oracle Fusion Middleware / Data Processing (1.1.1, 1.1.3, 1.2.0) Oracle Retail Applications / Security (15.0) Oracle Retail Applications / Security (15.0) Oracle Supply Chain Products Suite / Event Java PX (9.3.4, 9.3.5)
Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2016 ↗	CPU	2016-Q3	Oracle Health Sciences Applications / Installation and configuration (3.1.1.x, 3.1.2.x) Oracle Retail Applications / Install (13.0, 13.1, 13.2, 14.0, 14.1, 15.0) Oracle Retail Applications / SIMINT (13.2, 14.0, 14.1) Oracle Retail Applications / System Administration (4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 15.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2016 ↗	CPU	2016-Q2	Oracle Fusion Middleware / Sites (11.1.1.8.0, 12.2.1)

Advisory

Type

Quarter

Products Oracle names in its risk matrix

Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2020 ↗

CPU

2020-Q2

Oracle Communications Applications / Admin Console (Groovy) (6.1)

Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2019 ↗

CPU

2019-Q2

Oracle Fusion Middleware / Install, config, upgrade (Apache Groovy) (11.1.1.9.0)

Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2018 ↗

CPU

2018-Q1

Oracle Communications Applications / Security (Apache Groovy) (7.5)

Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2017 ↗

CPU

2017-Q4

Oracle Communications Applications / Security (Apache Groovy) (7.0, 7.1, 7.2)

Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2017 ↗

CPU

2017-Q3

Oracle Communications Applications / Elastic Charging Engine (Apache Groovy) (11.2.0.0.0, 11.3.0.0.0)
Oracle Fusion Middleware / General (Apache Groovy) (8.1.13.0.0)

Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2017 ↗

CPU

2017-Q1

Oracle Big Data Graph / Spatial (prior to 1.2)

Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2016 ↗

CPU

2016-Q4

Oracle Commerce / Dynamo Application Framework (10.0.3.5, 10.2.0.5, 11.2.0.1)
Oracle Fusion Middleware / Data Processing (1.1.1, 1.1.3, 1.2.0)
Oracle Retail Applications / Security (15.0)
Oracle Retail Applications / Security (15.0)
Oracle Supply Chain Products Suite / Event Java PX (9.3.4, 9.3.5)

Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2016 ↗

CPU

2016-Q3

Oracle Health Sciences Applications / Installation and configuration (3.1.1.x, 3.1.2.x)
Oracle Retail Applications / Install (13.0, 13.1, 13.2, 14.0, 14.1, 15.0)
Oracle Retail Applications / SIMINT (13.2, 14.0, 14.1)
Oracle Retail Applications / System Administration (4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 15.0)

Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2016 ↗

CPU

2016-Q2

Oracle Fusion Middleware / Sites (11.1.1.8.0, 12.2.1)

Oracle components and versions

Family	Component	Versions, as Oracle lists them	Read as
Oracle Big Data Graph	Spatial	prior to 1.2
Oracle Commerce	Dynamo Application Framework	10.0.3.5, 10.2.0.5, 11.2.0.1	10.0.3.5 · 10.2.0.5 · 11.2.0.1
Oracle Communications Applications	Admin Console (Groovy)	6.1	6.1
Oracle Communications Applications	Elastic Charging Engine (Apache Groovy)	11.2.0.0.0, 11.3.0.0.0	11.2.0.0.0 · 11.3.0.0.0
Oracle Communications Applications	Security (Apache Groovy)	7.0, 7.1, 7.2	7.0 · 7.1 · 7.2 · 7.5
Oracle Fusion Middleware	Data Processing	1.1.1, 1.1.3, 1.2.0	1.1.1 · 1.1.3 · 1.2.0
Oracle Fusion Middleware	General (Apache Groovy)	8.1.13.0.0	8.1.13.0.0
Oracle Fusion Middleware	Install, config, upgrade (Apache Groovy)	11.1.1.9.0	11.1.1.9.0
Oracle Fusion Middleware	Sites	11.1.1.8.0, 12.2.1	11.1.1.8.0 · 12.2.1
Oracle Health Sciences Applications	Installation and configuration	3.1.1.x, 3.1.2.x	3.1.1 · 3.1.2
Oracle Retail Applications	Install	13.0, 13.1, 13.2, 14.0, 14.1, 15.0	13.0 · 13.1 · 13.2 · 14.0 · 14.1 · 15.0
Oracle Retail Applications	SIMINT	13.2, 14.0, 14.1	13.2 · 14.0 · 14.1
Oracle Retail Applications	Security	15.0	15.0
Oracle Retail Applications	System Administration	4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 15.0	4.1 · 5.1 · 5.2 · 15.0
Oracle Supply Chain Products Suite	Event Java PX	9.3.4, 9.3.5	9.3.4 · 9.3.5

Family

Component

Versions, as Oracle lists them

Read as

Oracle Big Data Graph

Spatial

prior to 1.2

Oracle Commerce

Dynamo Application Framework

10.0.3.5, 10.2.0.5, 11.2.0.1

10.0.3.5 · 10.2.0.5 · 11.2.0.1

Oracle Communications Applications

Admin Console (Groovy)

6.1

Oracle Communications Applications

Elastic Charging Engine (Apache Groovy)

11.2.0.0.0, 11.3.0.0.0

11.2.0.0.0 · 11.3.0.0.0

Oracle Communications Applications

Security (Apache Groovy)

7.0, 7.1, 7.2

7.0 · 7.1 · 7.2 · 7.5

Oracle Fusion Middleware

Data Processing

1.1.1, 1.1.3, 1.2.0

1.1.1 · 1.1.3 · 1.2.0

Oracle Fusion Middleware

General (Apache Groovy)

8.1.13.0.0

Oracle Fusion Middleware

Install, config, upgrade (Apache Groovy)

11.1.1.9.0

Oracle Fusion Middleware

Sites

11.1.1.8.0, 12.2.1

11.1.1.8.0 · 12.2.1

Oracle Health Sciences Applications

Installation and configuration

3.1.1.x, 3.1.2.x

3.1.1 · 3.1.2

Oracle Retail Applications

Install

13.0, 13.1, 13.2, 14.0, 14.1, 15.0

13.0 · 13.1 · 13.2 · 14.0 · 14.1 · 15.0

Oracle Retail Applications

SIMINT

13.2, 14.0, 14.1

13.2 · 14.0 · 14.1

Oracle Retail Applications

Security

15.0

Oracle Retail Applications

System Administration

4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 15.0

4.1 · 5.1 · 5.2 · 15.0

Oracle Supply Chain Products Suite

Event Java PX

9.3.4, 9.3.5

9.3.4 · 9.3.5

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev

Package Introduced Fixed Last affected

org.codehaus.groovy:groovy 1.7.0 2.4.4 unbounded

org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all 1.7.0 2.4.4 unbounded

Package	Introduced	Fixed	Last affected
`org.codehaus.groovy:groovy`	1.7.0	`2.4.4`	unbounded
`org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all`	1.7.0	`2.4.4`	unbounded

Products and versions

8 products, 122 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
nvd	apache	groovy	generic	1.7.0 · 1.7.0:beta_1 · 1.7.0:beta_2 · 1.7.0:rc1 · 1.7.0:rc2 · 1.7.1 · 1.7.2 · 1.7.3 · 1.7.4 · 1.7.5 · 1.7.6 · 1.7.7 · 1.7.8 · 1.7.9 · 1.7.10 · 1.7.11 · 1.8.0 · 1.8.0:beta_1 · 1.8.0:beta_2 · 1.8.0:beta_3 · 1.8.0:beta_4 · 1.8.0:rc1 · 1.8.0:rc2 · 1.8.0:rc3 · 1.8.0:rc4 · 1.8.1 · 1.8.2 · 1.8.3 · 1.8.4 · 1.8.5 · 1.8.6 · 1.8.7 · 1.8.8 · 1.8.9 · 1.9.0 · 1.9.0:beta_1 · 1.9.0:beta_3 · 1.9.0:beta_4 · 2.0.0 · 2.0.0:beta_1 · 2.0.0:beta_2 · 2.0.0:beta_3 · 2.0.0:rc1 · 2.0.0:rc2 · 2.0.0:rc3 · 2.0.0:rc4 · 2.0.1 · 2.0.2 · 2.0.3 · 2.0.4 · 2.0.5 · 2.0.6 · 2.0.7 · 2.0.8 · 2.1.0 · 2.1.0:beta_1 · 2.1.0:rc1 · 2.1.0:rc2 · 2.1.0:rc3 · 2.1.1 · 2.1.2 · 2.1.3 · 2.1.4 · 2.1.5 · 2.1.6 · 2.1.7 · 2.1.8 · 2.1.9 · 2.2.0 · 2.2.0:beta_1 · 2.2.0:beta_2 · 2.2.0:rc1 · 2.2.0:rc2 · 2.2.0:rc3 · 2.2.1 · 2.2.2 · 2.3.0 · 2.3.0:beta_1 · 2.3.0:beta_2 · 2.3.0:rc1 · 2.3.0:rc2 · 2.3.0:rc3 · 2.3.1 · 2.3.2 · 2.3.3 · 2.3.4 · 2.3.5 · 2.3.6 · 2.3.7 · 2.3.8 · 2.3.9 · 2.3.10 · 2.3.11 · 2.4.0 · 2.4.0:beta_1 · 2.4.0:beta_2 · 2.4.0:beta_3 · 2.4.0:beta_4 · 2.4.0:rc1 · 2.4.0:rc2 · 2.4.1 · 2.4.2 · 2.4.3
nvd	oracle	health sciences clinical development center	generic	3.1.1 · 3.1.2
nvd	oracle	retail order broker cloud service	generic	4.1 · 5.1 · 5.2 · 15.0
nvd	oracle	retail service backbone	generic	13.0 · 13.1 · 13.2 · 14.0 · 14.1 · 15.0
nvd	oracle	retail store inventory management	generic	13.2 · 14.0 · 14.1
nvd	oracle	webcenter sites	generic	11.1.1.8.0 · 12.2.1
osv	org.codehaus.groovy	groovy	generic	≥ 1.7.0 and ＜ 2.4.4
osv	org.codehaus.groovy	groovy-all	generic	≥ 1.7.0 and ＜ 2.4.4

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

nvd

apache

groovy

generic

1.7.0 · 1.7.0:beta_1 · 1.7.0:beta_2 · 1.7.0:rc1 · 1.7.0:rc2 · 1.7.1 · 1.7.2 · 1.7.3 · 1.7.4 · 1.7.5 · 1.7.6 · 1.7.7 · 1.7.8 · 1.7.9 · 1.7.10 · 1.7.11 · 1.8.0 · 1.8.0:beta_1 · 1.8.0:beta_2 · 1.8.0:beta_3 · 1.8.0:beta_4 · 1.8.0:rc1 · 1.8.0:rc2 · 1.8.0:rc3 · 1.8.0:rc4 · 1.8.1 · 1.8.2 · 1.8.3 · 1.8.4 · 1.8.5 · 1.8.6 · 1.8.7 · 1.8.8 · 1.8.9 · 1.9.0 · 1.9.0:beta_1 · 1.9.0:beta_3 · 1.9.0:beta_4 · 2.0.0 · 2.0.0:beta_1 · 2.0.0:beta_2 · 2.0.0:beta_3 · 2.0.0:rc1 · 2.0.0:rc2 · 2.0.0:rc3 · 2.0.0:rc4 · 2.0.1 · 2.0.2 · 2.0.3 · 2.0.4 · 2.0.5 · 2.0.6 · 2.0.7 · 2.0.8 · 2.1.0 · 2.1.0:beta_1 · 2.1.0:rc1 · 2.1.0:rc2 · 2.1.0:rc3 · 2.1.1 · 2.1.2 · 2.1.3 · 2.1.4 · 2.1.5 · 2.1.6 · 2.1.7 · 2.1.8 · 2.1.9 · 2.2.0 · 2.2.0:beta_1 · 2.2.0:beta_2 · 2.2.0:rc1 · 2.2.0:rc2 · 2.2.0:rc3 · 2.2.1 · 2.2.2 · 2.3.0 · 2.3.0:beta_1 · 2.3.0:beta_2 · 2.3.0:rc1 · 2.3.0:rc2 · 2.3.0:rc3 · 2.3.1 · 2.3.2 · 2.3.3 · 2.3.4 · 2.3.5 · 2.3.6 · 2.3.7 · 2.3.8 · 2.3.9 · 2.3.10 · 2.3.11 · 2.4.0 · 2.4.0:beta_1 · 2.4.0:beta_2 · 2.4.0:beta_3 · 2.4.0:beta_4 · 2.4.0:rc1 · 2.4.0:rc2 · 2.4.1 · 2.4.2 · 2.4.3

nvd

oracle

health sciences clinical development center

generic

3.1.1 · 3.1.2

nvd

oracle

retail order broker cloud service

generic

4.1 · 5.1 · 5.2 · 15.0

nvd

oracle

retail service backbone

generic

13.0 · 13.1 · 13.2 · 14.0 · 14.1 · 15.0

nvd

oracle

retail store inventory management

generic

13.2 · 14.0 · 14.1

nvd

oracle

webcenter sites

generic

11.1.1.8.0 · 12.2.1

osv

org.codehaus.groovy

groovy

generic

≥ 1.7.0 and ＜ 2.4.4

osv

org.codehaus.groovy

groovy-all

generic

≥ 1.7.0 and ＜ 2.4.4

Earlier manual review

A reviewer classified this CVE in an older dataset. We kept the labels and products below, but not the reviewer's reasoning.

## Manual Classification Context **Labels:** HTTP, BIG DATA GRAPH, SIMINT, INSTALL, EVENT JAVA PX, DATA PROCESSING, SECURITY (APACHE GROOVY), MULTIPLE, UPGRADE (APACHE GROOVY), NO AUTH REMOTE EXPLOIT, DYNAMO APPLICATION FRAMEWORK, SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION, CONFIG, INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION, ELASTIC CHARGING ENGINE (APACHE GROOVY), GENERAL (APACHE GROOVY), SITES, SECURITY, ADMIN CONSOLE (GROOVY) **Products:** ORACLE BIG DATA GRAPH, SPATIAL, ORACLE COMMUNICATIONS WEBRTC SESSION CONTROLLER, ORACLE COMMERCE, ORACLE DATA INTEGRATOR, ORACLE RETAIL APPLICATIONS, GROOVY, ORACLE RETAIL STORE INVENTORY MANAGEMENT, ORACLE AGILE PLM, ORACLE WEBCENTER SITES, ORACLE COMMERCE PLATFORM, ORACLE COMMUNICATIONS BRM - ELASTIC CHARGING ENGINE, ORACLE COMMUNICATIONS BRM, ORACLE FUSION MIDDLEWARE, ORACLE BIG DATA DISCOVERY, ORACLE RETAIL SERVICE BACKBONE, ORACLE RETAIL ORDER BROKER, ORACLE HEALTH SCIENCES CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER, ORACLE RETAIL CUSTOMER INSIGHTS, ORACLE COMMUNICATIONS CONVERGED APPLICATION SERVER - SERVICE CONTROLLER, ORACLE SUPPLY CHAIN PRODUCTS SUITE, ORACLE ENTERPRISE DATA QUALITY, ORACLE RETAIL MERCHANDISING INSIGHTS, ORACLE COMMUNICATIONS APPLICATIONS, ORACLE HEALTH SCIENCES APPLICATIONS

References

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1376	WEB
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2486	WEB
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2596	WEB
https://github.com/apache/groovy	PACKAGE
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324755	WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbb8e16cc5acab183124572b655bdf5fe1d5b5f477dc267352426c7ed@%3Cnotifications.shardingsphere.apache.org%3E	WEB
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-01	WEB
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20160623-0001	WEB
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html	WEB
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html	WEB

URL

Timeline

Published	2015-08-13	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-06-17	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2015-08-13

By the CVE Program.

NVD record modified

2026-06-17

NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

How VRT decided (5 of 24 rules ran)

5 of 24 rules ran. The rest didn't run because an earlier rule had already settled the CVE.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? the first rule that matches decides

1 rejected no match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is it a vulnerability Waratek protects? the first rule that matches decides

2 armr-patch-file no match An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE

3 armr-secure-rule-file no match An ARMR security-rule template on disk for this CVE

4 manual-classification no match A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

5 manual classification decided it matched Outside Waratek scope Found in legacy manual classifications

6 non-java-upstream not reached A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component not reached The defect being in a component of a tracked product the agent does not reach: JavaFX, the Java SE installer, the JInitiator browser plug-in, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in, or a native part of Oracle Application Server or Collaboration Suite (HTTP Server, Web Cache, Internet Directory, mail and calendar servers). Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 java-client-side not reached Oracle's own risk-matrix note saying the CVE is reached only through untrusted code in the Java sandbox (applets, Web Start) or only through a client installation of Java, so a server running its own trusted code is not exposed

9 osv-maven not reached An OSV.dev record of this CVE affecting a package published to Maven Central. When every such package is one business applications do not use (Minecraft mods and launchers, Fastjson) and no tracked product is named by CPE, it settles the CVE as Outside Waratek scope instead

10 cna-maven-package not reached An affected Maven artifact named by the CNA itself

11 known-cpe-product not reached An NVD CPE naming a product ARMR tracks

12 cna-cpe-product not reached A CPE the CNA published naming a tracked product. Oracle publishes these on advisory day, months before NVD.

13 oracle-advisory-family not reached A tracked product family named in Oracle's own risk matrix. CPE cannot carry a suite name, only a module.

14 cna-named-product not reached A tracked product named in words by the CVE's own CNA, on a record with no CPE yet. Apache and Eclipse publish these on advisory day, before NVD adds CPE data.

15 non-deployable-product not reached The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached

16 unmatched-product not reached No tracked product matched above, and none present at all

disposition: What do we do about one that is? every rule runs

17 patch-hint not reached A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug

18 open-source-maven not reached The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read

19 poc-derivable not reached An indexed exploit clearing the evidence bar to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

20 no-exploit not reached Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read

21 secure-rule-match not reached A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule

22 exploited-no-fix-or-poc not reached Somebody exploiting this CVE (a CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, or a CISA verdict of active exploitation), with no fix, source code or PoC to build a rule from

23 below-action-threshold not reached Medium or Low severity, no CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory

24 no-exploit-published not reached Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all

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