Description
An issue was discovered in Bouncy Castle Java Cryptography APIs before 1.78. An Ed25519 verification code infinite loop can occur via a crafted signature and public key.
Published: 2024-05-09
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc Bouncy Castle crafted signature and public key can be used to trigger an infinite loop
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': 0.00104}

epss

{'score': 0.00107}


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

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Bouncycastle
Bouncycastle legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Bouncycastle
Bouncycastle legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api
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

Fri, 09 Aug 2024 02:30:00 +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 Legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api
Redhat Amq Broker Apache Camel Spring Boot Camel Quarkus Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Quarkus
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-11-05T17:15:29.205Z

Reserved: 2024-03-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-30172

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T01:25:03.425Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-05-14T15:21:53.020

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

Link: CVE-2024-30172

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-05-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-30172 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses