ECCurve Processing Vulnerability in Bouncy Castle Java and C# Libraries
CVE-2024-29857

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Bouncy Castle

Vendor
CVE Published:
14 May 2024

What is CVE-2024-29857?

A vulnerability exists in the ECCurve.java and ECCurve.cs components of the Bouncy Castle libraries that can lead to excessive CPU usage when processing EC certificates with specially crafted F2m parameters. This issue impacts versions prior to 1.78 for Bouncy Castle Java and before 2.3.1 for Bouncy Castle C#. Users utilizing these libraries may experience performance degradation as a result of this vulnerability, which is crucial for encryption and security functions in various applications.

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References

https://www.bouncycastle.org/latest_releases.html
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902024%E2...
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902024%...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

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