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    CVE-2015-7940

    The Bouncy Castle Java library before 1.51 does not validate a point is withing the elliptic curve, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain private keys via a series of crafted elliptic curve Diffie Hellman (ECDH) key exchanges, aka an "invalid curve attack."

    Published:Sep 14, 2015
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Nov 9, 2015
    EPSS Score:0.01124
    CVSS Score:3.7

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Bouncycastle
    Product
    Bouncy Castle Crypto Package
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Leap
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Opensuse
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Application Testing Suite
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Enterprise Manager Ops Center
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Amq
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Fuse

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    References

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    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High