CVE-2024-29857

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://www.bouncycastle.org/latest_releases.html
• https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902024%E2%80%9029857
• https://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902024%E2%80%9029857
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241206-0008/

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: partial

References

• https://www.bouncycastle.org/latest_releases.html
• https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902024%E2%80%9029857
• https://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902024%E2%80%9029857

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