Vulnerability in Bouncycastle Bc-Java

CVE-2018-1000180

Bouncy Castle BC 1.54 - 1.59, BC-FJA 1.0.0, BC-FJA 1.0.1 and earlier have a flaw in the Low-level interface to RSA key pair generator, specifically RSA Key Pairs generated in low-level API with added certainty may have less M-R tests than expected. This appears to be fixed in versions BC 1.60 beta 4 and later, BC-FJA 1.0.2 and later.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.034 (88.9th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-1000180: held from 0.036 to 0.034.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.036 · newest: 0.034 · change: -0.002

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1000180?
CVE-2018-1000180 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bouncycastle Bc-Java, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-1000180?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-1000180 known to be exploited?
7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.