CVE-2016-1000346
In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the other party DH public key is not fully validated. This can cause issues as invalid keys can be used to reveal details about the other
02 Description
In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the other party DH public key is not fully validated. This can cause issues as invalid keys can be used to reveal details about the other
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
- 2.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 3.7 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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 21:00Z8 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
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 31c1c42230a8c01061495001853b64d527512b31f82b1776bbdbc29e7b81d8cc
05 Affected products
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.html
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2669https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3727-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3727-1/
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2927https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0004/
- github.comhttps://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/1127131c89021612c6eefa26dbe5714c194e7495#diff-d525a20b8acaed791ae2f0f770eb5937
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- bouncycastle Fixed in 1.56-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- bouncycastle Fixed in 1.56-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- bouncycastle Fixed in 1.56-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- bouncycastle Fixed in 1.49+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- bouncycastle No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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