CVE-2016-1000342
HIGH 7.5
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 1.83 % · percentile 79 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- mitre
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier ECDSA does not fully validate ASN.1 encoding of signature on verification. It is possible to inject extra elements in the sequence making up the signature and still have it validate, which in some cases may allow the introduction of 'invisible' data into a signed structure.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-347 — Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00009.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3727-1/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0004/
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/843c2e60f67d71faf81d236f448ebbe56c62c647#diff-25c3c78db788365f36839b3f2d3016b9
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.0 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-qcj7-g2j5-g7r3 — In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider ECDSA does not fully validate ASN.1 encoding of signature on verification
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2018-0660
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2016-1000342
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1336 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0556 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0292 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2020-AVI-420 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Juniper · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:bc-java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≤ 1.55cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |