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CVE-2019-17359
The ASN.1 parser in Bouncy Castle Crypto (aka BC Java) 1.63 can trigger a large attempted memory allocation, and resultant…
High7.5EPSS 8.8%
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- Updated
- Reserved
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.8% · top 4.8% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14GHSA-2mh8-gx2m-mr75 (opens in a new tab)
References (16)
- [tomee-commits] 20200320 [jira] [Created] (TOMEE-2788) TomEE plus is affected by CVE-2019-17359 (BDSA-2019-3168) vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomee-commits] 20200320 [jira] [Updated] (TOMEE-2788) TomEE plus is affected by CVE-2019-17359 (BDSA-2019-3168) vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomee-commits] 20200320 [jira] [Commented] (TOMEE-2788) TomEE plus is affected by CVE-2019-17359 (BDSA-2019-3168) vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomee-commits] 20200320 [jira] [Assigned] (TOMEE-2788) TomEE plus is affected by CVE-2019-17359 (BDSA-2019-3168) vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomee-commits] 20200322 [jira] [Updated] (TOMEE-2788) TomEE plus is affected by CVE-2019-17359 (BDSA-2019-3168) vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomee-commits] 20200323 [jira] [Commented] (TOMEE-2788) TomEE plus is affected by CVE-2019-17359 (BDSA-2019-3168) vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomee-commits] 20200519 [jira] [Updated] (TOMEE-2788) TomEE plus is affected by CVE-2019-17359 (BDSA-2019-3168) vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomee-commits] 20200519 [jira] [Resolved] (TOMEE-2788) TomEE plus is affected by CVE-2019-17359 (BDSA-2019-3168) vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.bouncycastle.org/releasenotes.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.bouncycastle.org/latest_releases.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191024-0006/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-2mh8-gx2m-mr75 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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