7.5
HIGH
CVE-2024-29857
Bouncy Castle Java/C# EC Curve F2m CPU Consumption Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

May 14, 2024, 3:17 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 15, 2024, 7:35 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2024-29857 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-29857 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Bouncycastle bouncy_castle_for_java
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2024-29857.

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

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Java

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
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Born at : Sept. 5, 2024, 7:56 a.m. This repo has been linked 26 different CVEs too.

None

Dockerfile C# HTML CSS JavaScript

Updated: 5 months, 2 weeks ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 29, 2024, 9:02 a.m. This repo has been linked 8 different CVEs too.

None

Shell Python HCL JavaScript PHP Go Dockerfile

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 20, 2024, 9:35 a.m. This repo has been linked 30 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2024-29857 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • TheCyberThrone
Atlassian fixes DoS vulnerabilities in its Products

Atlassian releases patches for high-severity vulnerabilities in Bamboo, Bitbucket, Confluence, and Crowd.There are four vulnerabilities addressed in these products, all four allowing attackers to caus ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 19, 2024 (1 month, 4 weeks ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-29857 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Aug. 15, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE CISA-ADP CWE-125
    Added CVSS V3.1 CISA-ADP AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.
    Added Reference MITRE https://www.bouncycastle.org/latest_releases.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902024%E2%80%9029857 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902024%E2%80%9029857 [No types assigned]
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