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CVE-2015-0886
Integer overflow in the crypt_raw method in the key-stretching implementation in jBCrypt before 0.4 makes it easier for remote attackers…
Medium5.0EPSS 4.8%
- Published
- Updated
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- jpcert
Description
Integer overflow in the crypt_raw method in the key-stretching implementation in jBCrypt before 0.4 makes it easier for remote attackers to determine cleartext values of password hashes via a brute-force attack against hashes associated with the maximum exponent.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.8% · top 8.0% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.mindrot:jbcryptGHSA-9h6p-92jq-888x (opens in a new tab)
References (10)
- FEDORA-2015-3032 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-3120 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- JVN#77718330 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNx_transferred
- http://www.mindrot.org/projects/jBCrypt/news/rel04.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-2994 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- JVNDB-2015-000033 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDBx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2097 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [cassandra-commits] 20210924 [jira] [Updated] (CASSANDRA-16990) Update jbcrypt library to 0.4 from 0.3m to resolve CVE-2015-0886 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [cassandra-commits] 20210924 [jira] [Created] (CASSANDRA-16990) Update jbcrypt library to 0.4 from 0.3m to resolve CVE-2015-0886 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [cassandra-commits] 20210924 [jira] [Commented] (CASSANDRA-16990) Update jbcrypt library to 0.4 from 0.3m to resolve CVE-2015-0886 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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 Advisory GHSA-9h6p-92jq-888x (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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