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.
Published: 2024-05-09
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-1533 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8xfc-gm6g-vgpv Bouncy Castle certificate parsing issues cause high CPU usage during parameter evaluation.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8108-1 Bouncy Castle vulnerabilities
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00155}

epss

{'score': 0.00159}


Wed, 25 Jun 2025 02:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:apache_camel_spring_boot:4.4.1 cpe:/a:redhat:apache_camel_spring_boot:4.4::el6

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Bouncycastle
Bouncycastle bc-fja
Bouncycastle bc-java
Bouncycastle bc C .net
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:bc-fja:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:bc-java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:bc_c_.net:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Bouncycastle
Bouncycastle bc-fja
Bouncycastle bc-java
Bouncycastle bc C .net
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 16 Aug 2024 18:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:8.0
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:8.0::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:8.0::el9

Thu, 15 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-125
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Fri, 09 Aug 2024 02:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat jboss Enterprise Application Platform
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el9
Vendors & Products Redhat jboss Enterprise Application Platform

Subscriptions

Bouncycastle Bc-fja Bc-java Bc C .net
Redhat Amq Broker Apache Camel Spring Boot Camel Quarkus Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Quarkus
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-02-13T15:47:48.325Z

Reserved: 2024-03-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-29857

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Updated: 2024-12-06T13:09:29.357Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-05-14T15:17:02.970

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-29857

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-06-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-29857 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses