CVE-2019-17359
Out-of-Memory Error in Bouncy Castle Crypto
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.2%
Description
The ASN.1 parser in Bouncy Castle Crypto (aka BC Java) 1.63 can trigger a large attempted memory allocation, and resultant OutOfMemoryError error, via crafted ASN.1 data. This is fixed in 1.64.
How to fix CVE-2019-17359
To remediate CVE-2019-17359, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Maven/org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14—upgrade to 1.64 or later
Is CVE-2019-17359 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 1.63, < 1.64
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |