HIGH
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
Published Oct 8, 2019
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 8.95%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 1.63
Configuration 2
Configuration 3
OR
- ≥ 7.3
- ≥ 7.3
- ≥ 9.5
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
Configuration 4
OR
- 12.2.1.3.0
- 12.2.1.4.0
- ≥ 3.0.1.0 · ≤ 3.0.2.1
- ≥ 8.0.0 · ≤ 8.2.2
- ≥ 8.2.0 · ≤ 8.2.2
- 12.2.1.4.0
- ≥ 8.0.6 · ≤ 8.0.9
- 12.0.0
- 12.1.0
- 4.2.0
- 12.2.1.3.0
- 12.2.1.4.0
- 9.2
- 8.56
- 8.57
- 8.58
- 18.0.1
- 12.2.1.3.0
- 12.2.1.4.0
- 11.1.1.9.0
- 12.2.1.3.0
- 12.2.1.4.0
- 12.2.1.3.0
- 12.2.1.4.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
8.95% 0.08950
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.08950
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (23 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 8.95% (0.08950) | 95.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.88% (0.08878) | 94.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 22, 2026 | 3.24% (0.03238) | 87.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 21, 2025 | 7.63% (0.07634) | 91.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 22.36% (0.22355) | 95.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 10, 2025 | 7.63% (0.07634) | 91.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 13.02% (0.13017) | 93.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 20.82% (0.20818) | 92.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 13.72% (0.13718) | 93.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.61% (0.00609) | 79.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 22, 2024 | 0.59% (0.00591) | 77.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.59% (0.00591) | 75.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 29, 2023 | 0.77% (0.00770) | 79.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 12, 2023 | 0.90% (0.00895) | 80.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.88% (0.00875) | 79.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 7.77% (0.07767) | 93.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 8, 2022 | 7.77% (0.07767) | 92.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 23.44% (0.23437) | 94.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 13.92% (0.13924) | 89.41th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 13.92% (0.13924) | 89.29th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 3.48% (0.03480) | 82.00th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 3.48% (0.03480) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (26)
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2mh8-gx2m-mr75 Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r02f887807a49cfd1f1ad53f7a61f3f8e12f60ba2c930bec163031209%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r16c3a90cb35ae8a9c74fd5c813c16d6ac255709c9f9d71cd409e007d%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r16c3a90cb35ae8a9c74fd5c813c16d6ac255709c9f9d71cd409e007d@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r467ade3fef3493f1fff1a68a256d087874e1f858ad1de7a49fe05d27%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r467ade3fef3493f1fff1a68a256d087874e1f858ad1de7a49fe05d27@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4d475dcaf4f57115fa57d8e06c3823ca398b35468429e7946ebaefdc%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4d475dcaf4f57115fa57d8e06c3823ca398b35468429e7946ebaefdc@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
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- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r79b6a6aa0dd1aeb57bd253d94794bc96f1ec005953c4bd5414cc0db0@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ecb5b76347f84b6e3c693f980dbbead88c25f77b815053c4e6f2c30%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ecb5b76347f84b6e3c693f980dbbead88c25f77b815053c4e6f2c30@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r91b07985b1307390a58c5b9707f0b28ef8e9c9e1c86670459f20d601%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r91b07985b1307390a58c5b9707f0b28ef8e9c9e1c86670459f20d601@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re60f980c092ada4bfe236dcfef8b6ca3e8f3b150fc0f51b8cc13d59d%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re60f980c092ada4bfe236dcfef8b6ca3e8f3b150fc0f51b8cc13d59d@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17359
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191024-0006/ x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- https://www.bouncycastle.org/latest_releases.html x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- https://www.bouncycastle.org/releasenotes.html x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
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- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 8, 2019
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Oct 8, 2019
Link CVE-2019-17359
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-2MH8-GX2M-MR75 Updated n/a