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DEBIAN-CVE-2023-33202

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-33202 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

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.)

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14bouncycastle0, 0, 0
Debian:11bouncycastle1.80-3, 1.68-5, 1.69-1
Debian:13bouncycastle0, 0, 0
Debian:12bouncycastle1.80-2, 1.80-3, 0

Exploit Intelligence

Timeline

  • Nov 23, 2023 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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