Infinite loop Affecting org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on package, versions [1.71,1.78)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGBOUNCYCASTLE-6612984
  • published14 Apr 2024
  • disclosed12 Apr 2024
  • creditjr981008

Introduced: 12 Apr 2024

CVE-2024-30172  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on to version 1.78 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Infinite loop in ED25519 verification in the ScalarUtil class. An attacker can send a malicious signature and public key to trigger denial of service.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1