CVE-2016-1000338
Status: AnalyzedHigh (7.5)—
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, which in some cases may allow the introduction of 'invisible' data into a signed structure.
CVSS
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Base score: 7.5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.86%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 79
- Score date: 10/6/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (5)
CWEs
- CWE-347
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/b0c3ce99d43d73a096268831d0d120ffc89eac7f#diff-3679f5a9d2b939d0d3ee1601a7774fb0
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00009.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231006-0011/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3727-1/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/b0c3ce99d43d73a096268831d0d120ffc89eac7f#diff-3679f5a9d2b939d0d3ee1601a7774fb0
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00009.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231006-0011/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3727-1/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
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