CVE-2023-51079 (GCVE-0-2023-51079)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-27 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-02 22:32 Disputed
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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."
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
2 references
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