CVE-2024-30172
MEDIUM5.3EPSS 0.09%Bouncy Castle crafted signature and public key can be used to trigger an infinite loop
Published: 5/14/2024Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2024-30172
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.
Affected packages (9)
- Debian/bouncycastlefrom 0
- Maven/org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14>= 1.73, < 1.78
- Maven/org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18>= 1.73, < 1.78
- Maven/org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on>= 1.73, < 1.78
- Maven/org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk14>= 1.73, < 1.78
- Maven/org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk15to18>= 1.73, < 1.78
- Maven/org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk18on>= 1.73, < 1.78
- NuGet/BouncyCastlefrom 0
- NuGet/BouncyCastle.Cryptographyfrom 0, < 2.3.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| 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 |
References (9)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-30172
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-30172
- WEBhttps://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902024%E2%80%9030172
- WEBhttps://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/1b9fd9b545e691bfb3941a9f6a797660c8860f02
- WEBhttps://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/9c165791b68a204678b48ec11e4e579754c2ea49
- WEBhttps://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/ebe1c75579170072dc59b8dee2b55ce31663178f
- WEBhttps://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902024%E2%80%9030172
- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240614-0007
- WEBhttps://www.bouncycastle.org/latest_releases.html