CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-45146
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-11-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
An issue was discovered in the FIPS Java API of Bouncy Castle BC-FJA before 1.0.2.4. Changes to the JVM garbage collector in Java 13 and later trigger an issue in the BC-FJA FIPS modules where it is possible for temporary keys used by the module to be zeroed out while still in use by the module, resulting in errors or potential information loss. NOTE: FIPS compliant users are unaffected because the FIPS certification is only for Java 7, 8, and 11.
Affected configurations
• bouncycastle fips java api (< 1.0.2.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2022-45146 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.bouncycastle/bc-fips mvnrepository.com
- https://www.bouncycastle.org/latest_releases.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2022-45146 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.bouncycastle/bc-fips mvnrepository.com
- https://www.bouncycastle.org/latest_releases.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory