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CVE-2024-29857

UNKNOWN
Published 2024-05-09T04:17:29.645Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
7.5
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.002
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.2% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.377
Higher than 37.7% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH

Description

An issue was discovered in ECCurve.java and ECCurve.cs in Bouncy Castle Java (BC Java) before 1.78, BC Java LTS before 2.73.6, BC-FJA before 1.0.2.5, and BC C# .Net before 2.3.1. Importing an EC certificate with crafted F2m parameters can lead to excessive CPU consumption during the evaluation of the curve parameters.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

bouncycastle

bc-java

Affected Versions:

0
bouncycastle

bc-fja

Affected Versions:

0
bouncycastle

bc_c_.net

Affected Versions:

0

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

✓ GitHub Reviewed MODERATE

Bouncy Castle certificate parsing issues cause high CPU usage during parameter evaluation.

GHSA-8xfc-gm6g-vgpv

Advisory Details

An issue was discovered in ECCurve.java and ECCurve.cs in Bouncy Castle Java (BC Java) before 1.78, BC Java LTS before 2.73.6, BC-FJA before 1.0.2.5, and BC C# .Net before 2.3.1. Importing an EC certificate with crafted F2m parameters can lead to excessive CPU consumption during the evaluation of the curve parameters.

Affected Packages

Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <1.78
Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <1.78
Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <1.78
Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <1.78
Maven org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk18on
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <1.78
Maven org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk14
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <1.78
Maven org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk15to18
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <1.78
Maven org.bouncycastle:bc-fips
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <1.0.2.5
NuGet BouncyCastle
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0
NuGet BouncyCastle.Cryptography
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <2.3.1

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29857
WEB https://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/commit/56daa6eac526f165416d17f661422d60de0dfd63
WEB https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/efc498ca4caa340ac2fe11f2efee06c1a294501f
WEB https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/fee80dd230e7fba132d03a34f1dd1d6aae0d0281
WEB https://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902024%E2%80%9029857
WEB https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902024%E2%80%9029857
WEB https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241206-0008
WEB https://www.bouncycastle.org/latest_releases.html

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 14, 2024, Modified: December 6, 2024

References

https://www.bouncycastle.org/latest_releases.html
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902024%E2%80%9029857
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902024%E2%80%9029857
Published: 2024-05-09T04:17:29.645Z
Last Modified: 2025-02-13T15:47:48.325Z
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