CVE-2016-1000338

unknown
Published 2018-10-17 · Modified 2025-09-12
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider it is possible to inject extra elements in the sequence making up the signature and still have it validate

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1000338

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.56-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.56-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.56-1
debian debiansidfixed1.56-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.56-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
java Mavenorg.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14>=1.38,<1.561.56
java Mavenorg.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15>=1.38,<1.561.56
java Mavenorg.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on>=1.38,<1.561.56

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.