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Vulnerability details: VCID-5tbk-k1nk-2kgv
Vulnerability ID VCID-5tbk-k1nk-2kgv
Aliases CVE-2016-1000345
GHSA-9gp4-qrff-c648
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-361 7PK - Time and State
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-325 Missing Cryptographic Step
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669
generic_textual MODERATE https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927
generic_textual MODERATE https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927
cvssv3 4.8 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-1000345.json
epss 0.01291 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000345
epss 0.01291 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000345
epss 0.01291 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000345
epss 0.01291 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000345
epss 0.01291 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000345
epss 0.01291 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000345
epss 0.01291 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000345
epss 0.01291 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000345
epss 0.01291 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000345
epss 0.01291 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000345
epss 0.01291 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000345
epss 0.01291 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000345
epss 0.01291 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000345
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9gp4-qrff-c648
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9gp4-qrff-c648
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9gp4-qrff-c648
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/21dcb3d9744c83dcf2ff8fcee06dbca7bfa4ef35#diff-4439ce586bf9a13bfec05c0d113b8098
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/21dcb3d9744c83dcf2ff8fcee06dbca7bfa4ef35#diff-4439ce586bf9a13bfec05c0d113b8098
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00009.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00009.html
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000345
cvssv3 5.9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000345
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000345
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000345
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0004
generic_textual MODERATE https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0004
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3727-1
generic_textual MODERATE https://usn.ubuntu.com/3727-1
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-1000345.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000345
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1000345
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9gp4-qrff-c648
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/21dcb3d9744c83dcf2ff8fcee06dbca7bfa4ef35
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/21dcb3d9744c83dcf2ff8fcee06dbca7bfa4ef35#diff-4439ce586bf9a13bfec05c0d113b8098
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00009.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000345
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0004
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0004/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3727-1
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
1588323 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1588323
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: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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
USN-3727-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3727-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669
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:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-1000345.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9gp4-qrff-c648
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/21dcb3d9744c83dcf2ff8fcee06dbca7bfa4ef35#diff-4439ce586bf9a13bfec05c0d113b8098
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00009.html
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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000345
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000345
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000345
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://usn.ubuntu.com/3727-1
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.78828
EPSS Score 0.01291
Published At Aug. 5, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T07:58:42.088797+00:00 ProjectKB MSRImporter Import https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SAP/project-kb/master/MSR2019/dataset/vulas_db_msr2019_release.csv 37.0.0