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CVE-2016-1000352
In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the ECIES implementation allowed the use of ECB mode. This mode is regarded as…
High7.4EPSS 2.2%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the ECIES implementation allowed the use of ECB mode. This mode is regarded as unsafe and support for it has been removed from the provider.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.2% · top 18% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.4.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14GHSA-w285-wf9q-5w69 (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15GHSA-w285-wf9q-5w69 (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15onGHSA-w285-wf9q-5w69 (opens in a new tab)
References (5)
- RHSA-2018:2669 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2927 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0004/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/9385b0ebd277724b167fe1d1456e3c112112be1f (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 Advisory GHSA-w285-wf9q-5w69 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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