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Vulnerability details: VCID-pbbn-h8uv-3yh1
Vulnerability ID VCID-pbbn-h8uv-3yh1
Aliases CVE-2016-1000352
GHSA-w285-wf9q-5w69
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (5)
CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-325 Missing Cryptographic Step
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 7.4 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669
generic_textual HIGH https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669
cvssv3.1 7.4 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927
generic_textual HIGH https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927
cvssv3 4.8 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-1000352.json
epss 0.00514 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000352
epss 0.00514 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000352
epss 0.00514 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000352
epss 0.00514 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000352
epss 0.00514 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000352
epss 0.00514 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000352
epss 0.00514 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000352
epss 0.00514 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000352
epss 0.00514 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000352
epss 0.00514 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000352
epss 0.00514 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000352
epss 0.00514 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000352
epss 0.00514 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000352
epss 0.00514 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000352
epss 0.00514 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000352
epss 0.00514 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000352
epss 0.00514 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000352
cvssv3.1 7.4 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w285-wf9q-5w69
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w285-wf9q-5w69
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w285-wf9q-5w69
cvssv3.1 7.4 https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java
cvssv3.1 7.4 https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/9385b0ebd277724b167fe1d1456e3c112112be1f
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/9385b0ebd277724b167fe1d1456e3c112112be1f
cvssv2 5.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000352
cvssv3 7.4 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000352
cvssv3.1 7.4 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000352
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000352
cvssv3.1 7.4 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0004
generic_textual HIGH https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0004
cvssv3.1 7.4 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
generic_textual HIGH 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-2016-1000352.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1000352
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1000352
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w285-wf9q-5w69
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/9385b0ebd277724b167fe1d1456e3c112112be1f
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000352
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0004
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0004/
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
1588330 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1588330
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:H/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927
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:L/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-1000352.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:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w285-wf9q-5w69
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:H/A:N 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:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/9385b0ebd277724b167fe1d1456e3c112112be1f
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: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000352
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

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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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000352
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:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000352
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

local

physical

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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)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

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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://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)

network

adjacent_network

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physical

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.6556
EPSS Score 0.00514
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T07:58:39.876290+00:00 ProjectKB MSRImporter Import https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SAP/project-kb/master/MSR2019/dataset/vulas_db_msr2019_release.csv 37.0.0