CVE-2016-1000346

low-risk
Published 2018-06-04

In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the other party DH public key is not fully validated. This can cause issues as invalid keys can be used to reveal details about the other party's private key where static Diffie-Hellman is in use. As of release 1.56 the key parameters are checked on agreement calculation.

Do I need to act?

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0.96% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
3
CVSS 3.7/10 Low
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (2)

Bc-Java

Affected Vendors

23
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low-risk
Severity 13/34 · Low
Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low