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CVE-2016-1000345
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-06-04T21:29:00.270 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:38:51.950

Summary

In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the DHIES/ECIES CBC mode vulnerable to padding oracle attack. For BC 1.55 and older, in an environment where timings can be easily observed, it is possible with enough observations to identify when the decryption is failing due to padding.

Affected products

bouncycastle — bc-java

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References

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