Vulnerability in Bouncycastle Legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api

CVE-2016-1000338

In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the DSA 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…

EPSS: 0.019 (76.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1000338?
CVE-2016-1000338 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bouncycastle Legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-1000338?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-1000338 known to be exploited?
4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.