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Vulnerability details: VCID-4fxt-kkh8-aaan
Vulnerability ID VCID-4fxt-kkh8-aaan
Aliases CVE-2016-1000342
GHSA-qcj7-g2j5-g7r3
Summary In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider ECDSA does not fully validate ASN.1 encoding of signature on verification
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (5)
CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-707 Improper Neutralization
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation
System Score Found at
generic_textual Medium http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-1000342.html
rhas Important https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669
rhas Important https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927
cvssv3 5.1 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-1000342.json
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rhbs medium https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1588715
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1000342
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qcj7-g2j5-g7r3
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/843c2e60f67d71faf81d236f448ebbe56c62c647#diff-25c3c78db788365f36839b3f2d3016b9
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/843c2e60f67d71faf81d236f448ebbe56c62c647#diff-25c3c78db788365f36839b3f2d3016b9
cvssv3.1 3.7 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00009.html
generic_textual LOW https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00009.html
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000342
cvssv3 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000342
cvssv3.1 7.4 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0004
generic_textual HIGH https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0004
generic_textual Medium https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3727-1
cvssv3.1 3.7 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3727-1
generic_textual LOW https://usn.ubuntu.com/3727-1
generic_textual Medium https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3727-1
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
generic_textual CRITICAL https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-1000342.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-1000342.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000342
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1000342
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/843c2e60f67d71faf81d236f448ebbe56c62c647
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/843c2e60f67d71faf81d236f448ebbe56c62c647#diff-25c3c78db788365f36839b3f2d3016b9
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00009.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0004
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0004/
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3727-1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3727-1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3727-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3727-1
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
1588715 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1588715
cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:bc-java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:bc-java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-1000342 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000342
GHSA-qcj7-g2j5-g7r3 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qcj7-g2j5-g7r3
RHSA-2018:2669 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669
RHSA-2018:2927 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-1000342.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/843c2e60f67d71faf81d236f448ebbe56c62c647#diff-25c3c78db788365f36839b3f2d3016b9
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00009.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

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Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000342
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000342
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0004
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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adjacent_network

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://usn.ubuntu.com/3727-1
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.55479
EPSS Score 0.00332
Published At June 13, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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