What is CVE-2023-51079?

CVE-2023-51079 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mvel. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-12-27.

How severe is CVE-2023-51079?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mvel

CVE-2023-51079

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."

EPSS: 0.007 (50.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Mvel — versions 2.5.0
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-51079?: CVE-2023-51079 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mvel. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-12-27.
How severe is CVE-2023-51079?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.