What is CVE-2016-6199?

CVE-2016-6199 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Gradle, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-02-07.

How severe is CVE-2016-6199?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-6199 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deserialization in Gradle

CVE-2016-6199

ObjectSocketWrapper.java in Gradle 2.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized object.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

EPSS: 0.047 (90.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Gradle — versions 2.12
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Public proof-of-concept exploits

PalindromeLabs/Java-Deserialization-CVEs

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6199?: CVE-2016-6199 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Gradle, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-02-07.
How severe is CVE-2016-6199?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-6199 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.