CVE-2016-0887
EMC RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite (MES) 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.5, RSA BSAFE Crypto-C Micro...
EMC RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite (MES) 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.5, RSA BSAFE Crypto-C Micro Edition (CCME) 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.3, RSA BSAFE Crypto-J before 6.2.1, RSA BSAFE SSL-J before 6.2.1, and RSA BSAFE SSL-C before 2.8.9 allow remote attackers to discover a private-key prime by conducting a Lenstra side-channel attack that leverages an application's failure to detect an RSA signature failure during a TLS session.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
EMC RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite (MES) 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.5, RSA BSAFE Crypto-C Micro Edition (CCME) 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.3, RSA BSAFE Crypto-J before 6.2.1, RSA BSAFE SSL-J before 6.2.1, and RSA BSAFE SSL-C before 2.8.9 allow remote attackers to discover a private-key prime by conducting a Lenstra side-channel attack that leverages an application's failure to detect an RSA signature failure during a TLS session.
- Record
CVE-2016-0887- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.6 Low
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
EMC RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite (MES) 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.5, RSA BSAFE Crypto-C Micro Edition (CCME) 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.3, RSA BSAFE Crypto-J before 6.2.1, RSA BSAFE SSL-J before 6.2.1, and RSA BSAFE SSL-C before 2.8.9 allow remote attackers to discover a private-key prime by conducting a Lenstra side-channel attack that leverages an application's failure to detect an RSA signature failure during a TLS session.
- Record
CVE-2016-0887- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-0898 No score
EMC RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite (MES) 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.5, RSA BSAFE Crypto-C Micro Edition (CCME) 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.3, RSA BSAFE Crypto-J before 6.2.1, RSA BSAFE SSL-J before 6.2.1, and RSA BSAFE SSL-C before 2.8.9 allow remote attackers to discover a private-key prime by conducting a Lenstra side-channel attack that leverages an application's failure to detect an RSA signature failure during a TLS session.
- Record
EUVD-2016-0898- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vw3p-m8x2-42w7
EMC RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite (MES) 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.5, RSA BSAFE Crypto-C Micro...
EMC RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite (MES) 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.5, RSA BSAFE Crypto-C Micro Edition (CCME) 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.3, RSA BSAFE Crypto-J before 6.2.1, RSA BSAFE SSL-J before 6.2.1, and RSA BSAFE SSL-C before 2.8.9 allow remote attackers to discover a private-key prime by conducting a Lenstra side-channel attack that leverages an application's failure to detect an RSA signature failure during a TLS session.
- Record
GHSA-vw3p-m8x2-42w7- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-0887 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Dell Bsafe Crypto-j, published April 12, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.54%, the 89th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Apr/66
securitytracker.com/id/1035515
securityfocus.com/archive/1/538055/100/0/threaded
packetstormsecurity.com/files/136656/RSA-BSAFE-Lenstras-Attack.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0887
github.com/advisories/GHSA-vw3p-m8x2-42w7