diff --git a/engine/engine.go b/engine/engine.go
index d4172111..630e78ab 100644
--- a/engine/engine.go
+++ b/engine/engine.go
@@ -432,9 +432,12 @@ func (r *ruleEngine) createViolation(ctx context.Context, conditionResponse Cond
 
 			for _, cv := range rule.CustomVariables {
 				match := cv.Pattern.FindStringSubmatch(originalCodeSnip)
-				if cv.NameOfCaptureGroup != "" && cv.Pattern.SubexpIndex(cv.NameOfCaptureGroup) < len(match) {
+				if cv.NameOfCaptureGroup != "" && cv.Pattern.SubexpIndex(cv.NameOfCaptureGroup) >= 0 &&
+					cv.Pattern.SubexpIndex(cv.NameOfCaptureGroup) < len(match) {
+
 					m.Variables[cv.Name] = strings.TrimSpace(match[cv.Pattern.SubexpIndex(cv.NameOfCaptureGroup)])
 					continue
+
 				} else {
 					switch len(match) {
 					case 0:
diff --git a/provider/internal/java/dependency.go b/provider/internal/java/dependency.go
index 3314126d..4d83d87b 100644
--- a/provider/internal/java/dependency.go
+++ b/provider/internal/java/dependency.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -111,6 +112,10 @@ func (p *javaServiceClient) GetDependenciesFallback(ctx context.Context, locatio
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	// If the pom object is empty then parse failed silently.
+	if reflect.DeepEqual(*pom, gopom.Project{}) {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
 
 	// have to get both <dependencies> and <dependencyManagement> dependencies (if present)
 	var pomDeps []gopom.Dependency
@@ -125,6 +130,9 @@ func (p *javaServiceClient) GetDependenciesFallback(ctx context.Context, locatio
 
 	// add each dependency found
 	for _, d := range pomDeps {
+		if d.GroupID == nil || d.Version == nil || d.ArtifactID == nil {
+			continue
+		}
 		dep := provider.Dep{}
 		dep.Name = fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", *d.GroupID, *d.ArtifactID)
 		if *d.Version != "" {