CVE-2024-29857

Bouncy Castle certificate parsing issues cause high CPU usage during parameter evaluation.

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.

Patch Available

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Fix without upgrading

Score

5.3

Severity

Medium

Ecosystem

Java

Publish Date

May 14, 2024

Modified Date

February 3, 2026

Score Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Versions