CVE-2024-29857
Bouncy Castle certificate parsing issues cause high CPU usage during parameter evaluation.
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.25%
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.
How to fix CVE-2024-29857
To remediate CVE-2024-29857, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —no fix listed
- —upgrade to 1.0.2.5 or later
- —upgrade to 1.78 or later
- —upgrade to 1.78 or later
- —upgrade to 1.78 or later
- —upgrade to 1.78 or later
- —upgrade to 1.78 or later
- —upgrade to 1.78 or later
- —upgrade to 1.78 or later
- —no fix listed
- —upgrade to 2.3.1 or later
Is CVE-2024-29857 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (11)
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- from 0, < 1.0.2.5
- from 0, < 1.78
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- from 0, < 1.78
- from 0, < 1.78
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- from 0, < 1.78
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CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |