The IBMSecureRandom component in the IBMJCE and IBMSecureRandom cryptographic providers in IBM SDK Java Technology Edition 5.0 before…

Description

The IBMSecureRandom component in the IBMJCE and IBMSecureRandom cryptographic providers in IBM SDK Java Technology Edition 5.0 before Service Refresh 16 FP6, 6 before Service Refresh 16, 6.0.1 before Service Refresh 8, 7 before Service Refresh 7, and 7R1 before Service Refresh 1 makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by predicting the random number generator's output.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-310 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-310 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (22)

• 59022 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21680750 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21679610 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676672 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 59058 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 61264 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ibm-java-cve20140878-weak-sec(91084) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21689593 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21681256 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21674539 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686717 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21683484 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21673836 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21677387 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 59023 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676746 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21672043 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 67601 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21679713 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21675343 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676703 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21675588 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2014-0878](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2014-0878.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2014-0878)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 09:27 UTC.