CVE-2023-33202

Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.73 contains a potential Denial of Service (DoS) issue within the Bouncy Castle org.bouncycastle.openssl.PEMParser class

published November 23, 2023

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
63.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.73 contains a potential Denial of Service (DoS) issue within the Bouncy Castle org.bouncycastle.openssl.PEMParser class. This class parses OpenSSL PEM encoded streams containing X.509 certificates, PKCS8 encoded keys, and PKCS7 objects. Parsing a file that has crafted ASN.1 data through the PEMParser causes an OutOfMemoryError, which can enable a denial of service attack. (For users of the FIPS Java API: BC-FJA 1.0.2.3 and earlier are affected; BC-FJA 1.0.2.4 is fixed.)

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01020 · 63.1th percentile
Published
2023-11-23T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 23 NOV 00:00Z
    Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.73 contains a potential Denial of Service (DoS) issue within the Bouncy Castle org.bouncycastle.openssl.PEMParser class
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