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HIGH CVSS 3.0
CVE-2018-1000180
Bouncy Castle RSA Low-level API M-R Test Vulnerability
Description

Bouncy Castle BC 1.54 - 1.59, BC-FJA 1.0.0, BC-FJA 1.0.1 and earlier have a flaw in the Low-level interface to RSA key pair generator, specifically RSA Key Pairs generated in low-level API with added certainty may have less M-R tests than expected. This appears to be fixed in versions BC 1.60 beta 4 and later, BC-FJA 1.0.2 and later.

INFO

Published Date :

June 5, 2018, 1:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

May 12, 2025, 5:37 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-1000180 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Oracle soa_suite
2 Oracle weblogic_server
3 Oracle communications_webrtc_session_controller
4 Oracle peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools
5 Oracle retail_xstore_point_of_service
6 Oracle business_process_management_suite
7 Oracle webcenter_portal
8 Oracle enterprise_repository
9 Oracle communications_application_session_controller
10 Oracle communications_converged_application_server
11 Oracle managed_file_transfer
12 Oracle api_gateway
13 Oracle business_transaction_management
14 Oracle retail_convenience_and_fuel_pos_software
1 Bouncycastle legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api
2 Bouncycastle bc-java
3 Bouncycastle fips_java_api
4 Bouncycastle bouncy_castle_for_java
1 Redhat enterprise_linux
2 Redhat jboss_enterprise_application_platform
3 Redhat virtualization
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Netapp oncommand_workflow_automation
: Total Affected Vendor : 5 | Products : 23
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Update Bouncy Castle and apply relevant vendor patches to address the RSA low-level API vulnerability.
  • Update the affected Bouncy Castle package.
  • Apply the appropriate vendor patch.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-1000180 has a 5 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-1000180.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106567 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2423 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2424 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2425 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2428 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2643 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0877 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/22467b6e8fe19717ecdf201c0cf91bacf04a55ad Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/73780ac522b7795fc165630aba8d5f5729acc839 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2018-1000180
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0003/ Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.bountysource.com/issues/58293083-rsa-key-generation-computation-of-iterations-for-mr-primality-test Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4233 Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106567 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2423 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2424 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2425 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2428 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2643 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0877 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/22467b6e8fe19717ecdf201c0cf91bacf04a55ad Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/73780ac522b7795fc165630aba8d5f5729acc839 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2018-1000180
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0003/ Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.bountysource.com/issues/58293083-rsa-key-generation-computation-of-iterations-for-mr-primality-test Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4233 Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-1000180 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-1000180 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-1000180 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-1000180 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    May. 12, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.54 from (including) 1.59 OR *cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:bc-java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.54 from (including) 1.59
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106567
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2423
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2424
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2425
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2428
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2643
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0877
    Added Reference https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/22467b6e8fe19717ecdf201c0cf91bacf04a55ad
    Added Reference https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/73780ac522b7795fc165630aba8d5f5729acc839
    Added Reference https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2018-1000180
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0003/
    Added Reference https://www.bountysource.com/issues/58293083-rsa-key-generation-computation-of-iterations-for-mr-primality-test
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4233
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 14, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 20, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 15, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 12, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference https://www.bouncycastle.org/jira/browse/BJA-694 [Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2018-1000180 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 15, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 12, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-310 CWE-327
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 23, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 26, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2428 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2428 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2425 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2425 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106567 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106567 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html No Types Assigned https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0003/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0003/ Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html No Types Assigned https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2423 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2423 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2643 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2643 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0877 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0877 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2424 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2424 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:api_gateway:11.1.2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:business_process_management_suite:11.1.1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:business_process_management_suite:12.1.3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:business_process_management_suite:12.2.1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:business_transaction_management:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_application_session_controller:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_application_session_controller:3.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_converged_application_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 7.0.0.1 *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_webrtc_session_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 7.2 *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:enterprise_repository:12.1.3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:managed_file_transfer:12.1.3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:managed_file_transfer:12.2.1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.55:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.56:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.57:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_convenience_and_fuel_pos_software:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_xstore_point_of_service:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_xstore_point_of_service:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:soa_suite:12.1.3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:soa_suite:12.2.1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:webcenter_portal:11.1.1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:webcenter_portal:12.2.1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:weblogic_server:12.1.3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_workflow_automation:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:virtualization:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 24, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0877 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 23, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 17, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106567 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 05, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0003/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 16, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2643 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 16, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2428 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2425 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2424 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2423 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 02, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/73780ac522b7795fc165630aba8d5f5729acc839 No Types Assigned https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/73780ac522b7795fc165630aba8d5f5729acc839 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.bouncycastle.org/jira/browse/BJA-694 No Types Assigned https://www.bouncycastle.org/jira/browse/BJA-694 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/22467b6e8fe19717ecdf201c0cf91bacf04a55ad No Types Assigned https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/22467b6e8fe19717ecdf201c0cf91bacf04a55ad Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.bountysource.com/issues/58293083-rsa-key-generation-computation-of-iterations-for-mr-primality-test No Types Assigned https://www.bountysource.com/issues/58293083-rsa-key-generation-computation-of-iterations-for-mr-primality-test Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4233 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4233 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-310
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:fips_java_api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.0.1 *cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.54 up to (including) 1.59
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 24, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4233 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.22 }} -0.02%

score

0.44931

percentile