01 Record

CVE-2016-1000342

In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier ECDSA does not fully validate ASN.1 encoding of signature on verification. It is possible to inject extra elements in the sequence making up

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier ECDSA does not fully validate ASN.1 encoding of signature on verification. It is possible to inject extra elements in the sequence making up

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 1.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Ranks above 76.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2018-06-04 13:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 03:55Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-06-04

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-347Improper Verification of Cryptographic SignatureBase
CWE-295Improper Certificate ValidationBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

0cd5450421d78369c81aea4c50b241c080ba7aa81fc95fdbf696fc95060932fe

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

bouncycastlebc-javaNot specified—

debiandebian_linuxNot specified—

redhatfuse_integration_servicesNot specified—

redhatjboss_data_gridNot specified—

redhatjboss_data_virtualizationNot specified—

redhatjboss_dev_studioNot specified—

redhatjboss_enterprise_application_platformNot specified—

redhatjboss_fuseNot specified—

redhatopenshift_application_runtimesNot specified—

redhatred_hat_single_sign_onNot specified—

redhatrhel_software_collectionsNot specified—

redhatrhev_hypervisorNot specified—

redhatsatelliteNot specified—

redhatsatellite_capsuleNot specified—

rhel_sam1Not specified—

06 References

lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180707 [SECURITY] [DLA 1418-1] bouncycastle security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00009.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2669https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3727-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3727-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2927https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.htmlx_refsource_MISC
security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0004/x_refsource_CONFIRM
github.comhttps://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/843c2e60f67d71faf81d236f448ebbe56c62c647#diff-25c3c78db788365f36839b3f2d3016b9x_refsource_CONFIRM

01 Record index

CVE-2016-1000342

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References

02 Records

CVE-2016-1000342

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References