What is CVE-2016-0887?

CVE-2016-0887 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Bsafe Crypto-C-Micro-Edition, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2016-04-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-0887?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-0887 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Information disclosure in Dell Bsafe Crypto-C-Micro-Edition

CVE-2016-0887

EMC RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite (MES) 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.5, RSA BSAFE Crypto-C Micro Edition (CCME) 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.3, RSA BSAFE Crypto-J before 6.2.1, RSA BSAFE SSL-J before 6.2.1, and RSA BSAFE SSL-C before 2.8.9 allow remote attackers to discover a private-key prime by conducting a Lenstra side-channel attack that leverages an application's failure to detect an RSA signature failure during a TLS session.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2016-04-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.035 (89.3th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.035 · newest: 0.035 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Apr/66 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1035515 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538055/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1035516 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/136656/RSA-BSAFE-Lenstras-Attack.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1035517 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0887?: CVE-2016-0887 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Bsafe Crypto-C-Micro-Edition, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2016-04-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-0887?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-0887 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.