What is CVE-2016-2427?

CVE-2016-2427 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bouncycastle Bc-java, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2016-2427?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Bouncycastle Bc-java

CVE-2016-2427

The AES-GCM specification in RFC 5084, as used in Android 5.x and 6.x, recommends 12 octets for the aes-ICVlen parameter field, which might make it easier for attackers to defeat a cryptographic protection mechanism and discover an authent…

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.001 (23.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Bouncycastle Bc-java — versions 1.54
Google Android — versions 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

security@android.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2427?: CVE-2016-2427 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bouncycastle Bc-java, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2016-2427?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.