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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1418-1 bouncycastle security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0562 Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 and org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-9gp4-qrff-c648 Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 and org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3727-1 Bouncy Castle vulnerabilities
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History

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

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:55:27.628Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-1000345

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-04T21:29:00.270

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

Link: CVE-2016-1000345

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2016-1000345 - Bugzilla

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