In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the DHIES implementation allowed the use of ECB mode. This mode is regarded as unsafe and support for it has been removed from the provider.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0476 In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider the DHIES implementation allowed the use of ECB mode
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-2j2x-hx4g-2gf4 In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider the DHIES implementation allowed the use of ECB mode
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Mon, 12 May 2025 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Bouncycastle bc-java
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:bc-java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Bouncycastle legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api
Bouncycastle bc-java

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:55:27.625Z

Reserved: 2018-06-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-1000344

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-04T21:29:00.223

Modified: 2025-05-12T17:37:16.527

Link: CVE-2016-1000344

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-04-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-1000344 - Bugzilla

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