CVE catalog
CVE-2024-29857
Bouncy Castle vulnerabilities
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.10% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | bouncycastle | sid | 1.86.2-1 | fixed |
| Debian | bouncycastle | forky | 1.86-1 | fixed |
| Debian | bouncycastle | trixie | 1.80-3 | fixed |
| Debian | bouncycastle | bookworm | 1.72-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | bouncycastle | noble | Not reported | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | bouncycastle | noble | 1.77-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | libbcjmail-java | noble | 1.77-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | libbcmail-java | noble | 1.77-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | libbcpg-java | noble | 1.77-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | libbcpkix-java | noble | 1.77-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | libbcprov-java | noble | 1.77-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | libbctls-java | noble | 1.77-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | libbcutil-java | noble | 1.77-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | itextpdf | tumbleweed | 5.5.13.4-1.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | bouncycastle | pro | 1.72-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | bouncycastle | pro | 1.77-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | bouncycastle | pro | 1.77-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | bouncycastle | tumbleweed | 1.78.1-1.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | bouncycastle | source | sid | 1.80-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1070655] |
| Debian | bouncycastle | source | forky | 1.80-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1070655] |
| Debian | bouncycastle | source | trixie | 1.80-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1070655] |
| Debian | bouncycastle | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1070655] |
| Ubuntu | bouncycastle | deb | noble | 1.77-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | libbcjmail-java | deb | noble | 1.77-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | libbcmail-java | deb | noble | 1.77-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | libbcpg-java | deb | noble | 1.77-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | libbcpkix-java | deb | noble | 1.77-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | libbcprov-java | deb | noble | 1.77-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | libbctls-java | deb | noble | 1.77-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | libbcutil-java | deb | noble | 1.77-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Opensuse | itextpdf | rpm | tumbleweed | 5.5.13.4-1.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15739-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | bouncycastle | deb | pro | 1.77-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29857 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | bouncycastle | rpm | tumbleweed | 1.78.1-1.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13914-1 | Not reported |
Notes
[bookworm] bouncycastle: Minor issue
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/csaf/ssa-485750.json]
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_13914-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-29857]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29857]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:13914-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2025:15739-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-29857]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2024/cve-2024-29857.json]
- [https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8108-1]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2024/wid-sec-w-2024-1031.json]
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