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CVE-2023-33202

Public exploit available. Not confirmed exploited in the wild yet. A vendor fix is available.

CVSS 3.15.5MediumEPSS percentile62nd1.0% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
Public exploit: 2 sourcesFixVendor fixNo build named by the sources

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, GitHub, BDU

NVD CVE.org

What to do

The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.

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What it is

From the CVE record

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.)

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS62nd
Public exploit
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

2 sources with a proof of concept or module.

Exploit links, PoCs and Metasploit modules after sign-in
EPSS

1.0% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 62nd percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

The patch came 200 days before any public exploit.

  1. OpenVAS check added
  2. Public exploit / PoCsource: github-poc
  3. Patch availablerecord updated
  4. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

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Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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

Scored 5.5 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector LocalRequires local access to the vulnerable system (e.g. local login, malicious file)
  • Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
  • Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
  • User Interaction RequiredA user must click a link, open a file, or perform some action

Scope

  • Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
  • Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
  • Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

References in the record

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