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Vulnerability details: VCID-d6h1-yem6-qkhh
Vulnerability ID VCID-d6h1-yem6-qkhh
Aliases CVE-2023-33202
GHSA-wjxj-5m7g-mg7q
Summary Bouncy Castle Denial of Service (DoS) 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-33202.json
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-33202
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-33202
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-33202
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-33202
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-33202
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-33202
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-33202
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-33202
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-33202
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-33202
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-33202
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-33202
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-33202
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-33202
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-33202
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-33202
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-33202
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://bouncycastle.org
generic_textual MODERATE https://bouncycastle.org
ssvc Track https://bouncycastle.org
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wjxj-5m7g-mg7q
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/0c576892862ed41894f49a8f639112e8d66d229c
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/0c576892862ed41894f49a8f639112e8d66d229c
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2023-33202
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2023-33202
ssvc Track https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2023-33202
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33202
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33202
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0001
generic_textual MODERATE https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0001
ssvc Track https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0001/
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-33202.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-33202
https://bouncycastle.org
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-33202
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/0c576892862ed41894f49a8f639112e8d66d229c
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2023-33202
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33202
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0001
1056754 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1056754
2251281 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2251281
cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:bouncy_castle_for_java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:bouncy_castle_for_java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:fips_java_api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:fips_java_api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
GHSA-wjxj-5m7g-mg7q https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wjxj-5m7g-mg7q
ntap-20240125-0001 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0001/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-33202.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://bouncycastle.org
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-10-11T17:51:39Z/ Found at https://bouncycastle.org
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/0c576892862ed41894f49a8f639112e8d66d229c
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2023-33202
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-10-11T17:51:39Z/ Found at https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2023-33202
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33202
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0001
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-10-11T17:51:39Z/ Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0001/
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.18607
EPSS Score 0.00059
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:44:14.987824+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/11/GHSA-wjxj-5m7g-mg7q/GHSA-wjxj-5m7g-mg7q.json 37.0.0