CVE-2024-30172
Bouncy Castle crafted signature and public key can be used to trigger an infinite loop
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.09%
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.
How to fix CVE-2024-30172
To remediate CVE-2024-30172, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/bouncycastle—no fix listed
- —upgrade to 1.78 or later
- —upgrade to 1.78 or later
- —upgrade to 1.78 or later
- —upgrade to 1.78 or later
- —upgrade to 1.78 or later
- —upgrade to 1.78 or later
- —no fix listed
- —upgrade to 2.3.1 or later
Is CVE-2024-30172 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (9)
- from 0
- >= 1.73, < 1.78
- >= 1.73, < 1.78
- >= 1.73, < 1.78
- >= 1.73, < 1.78
- >= 1.73, < 1.78
- >= 1.73, < 1.78
- from 0
- from 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 |