CVE-2016-1000345 PUBLISHED

In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the DHIES/ECIES CBC mode vulnerable to padding oracle attack. For BC 1.55 and older, in an environment where timings can be easily observed, it is possible with enough observations to identify when the decryption is failing due to padding.

EPSS 0.80% · 74.0th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.80%
74.0th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSbouncycastle0, 1.48+dfsg-2, 1.49+dfsg-2
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSbouncycastle0, 1.49+dfsg-3ubuntu1, 1.51-4ubuntu1

Timeline

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