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A weakness in JavaEZ 1.6 allows force decryption of locked text by unauthorized actors. The issue is NOT critical for non-secure applications, however may be critical in a situation where the highest levels of security are required. This issue ONLY affects v1.6 and does not affect anything pre-1.6. The vulnerability has been patched in release 1.7. Currently, there is no way to fix the issue without upgrading.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-24T15:15:13Z","modified":"2025-04-23T18:22:02.68Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-327","CWE-328"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:36.270817Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2022-2741","description":"JavaEZ is a library that adds new functions to make Java easier. A weakness in JavaEZ 1.6 allows force decryption of locked text by unauthorized actors. 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Upgrading to 1.7 is advised.\n\n### Patches\nThe vulnerability has been patched in release 1.7.\n\n### Workarounds\nCurrently there is no way to fix the issue without upgrading.\n\n### References\n[CWE-327](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/327.html)\n[CWE-328](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/328.html)\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an issue in [our issue tracker](http://github.com/JavaEZLib/JavaEZ/issues)\n* Email us at [javaezlib@gmail.com](mailto:javaezlib@gmail.com)\n","status":"published","published":"2022-05-25T22:34:15Z","modified":"2023-07-21T19:28:04Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-326","CWE-327","CWE-328"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:36:58.177785Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2022-29249","description":"JavaEZ is a library that adds new functions to make Java easier. 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This issue ONLY affects v1.6 and does not affect anything pre-1.6. Upgrading to 1.7 is advised.\n\n### Patches\nThe vulnerability has been patched in release 1.7.\n\n### Workarounds\nCurrently there is no way to fix the issue without upgrading.\n\n### References\n[CWE-327](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/327.html)\n[CWE-328](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/328.html)\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an issue in [our issue tracker](http://github.com/JavaEZLib/JavaEZ/issues)\n* Email us at [javaezlib@gmail.com](mailto:javaezlib@gmail.com)\n","status":"published","published":"2022-05-25T22:34:15Z","modified":"2023-11-08T04:09:12.229368Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-326","CWE-327","CWE-328"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:39.266402Z"}]}}