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CVE-2014-0878

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-0878 describes a weakness in the IBMSecureRandom component within IBM SDK Java Technology Edition versions 5.0, 6, 6.0.1, 7, and 7R1. This vulnerability allows attackers to predict the output of the random number generator, thereby weakening cryptographic protections. With a CVSS score of 5.8, this medium-severity issue can be exploited remotely with medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality and integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:java_sdk:6.0.0.0:*:*:*:technology:*:*:*
6.0.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:java_sdk:6.0.1.0:*:*:*:technology:*:*:*
6.0.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:java_sdk:6.0.2.0:*:*:*:technology:*:*:*
6.0.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:java_sdk:6.0.3.0:*:*:*:technology:*:*:*
6.0.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:java_sdk:6.0.4.0:*:*:*:technology:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0209 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (10)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.0-1jpp.1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.0-1jpp.1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.0-1jpp.1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el5_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.0-1jpp.1.el5_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.16.6-1jpp.1.el5_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el6_5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.0-1jpp.1.el6_5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.16.6-1jpp.1.el6_5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.1.0-1jpp.2.el7_0
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-0878Moderate

JDK: Vulnerability in the IBMSecureRandom implementation of the IBMJCE and IBMSecureRandom cryptographic providers

May 12, 2014

References

secunia.com / advisories/59022
secunia.com / advisories/59023
secunia.com / advisories/59058
secunia.com / advisories/61264
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/91084
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
securityfocus.com / bid/67601