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CVE-2016-0887

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0887 describes a side-channel vulnerability in several RSA BSAFE products, including Micro Edition Suite, Crypto-C Micro Edition, Crypto-J, SSL-J, and SSL-C. Remote attackers can exploit this flaw by performing a Lenstra side-channel attack during a TLS session, allowing them to discover a private-key prime. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this attack has high confidentiality impact but requires high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.0, <= 4.0.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dell:bsafe_crypto-c-micro-edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.1, <= 4.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dell:bsafe_crypto-c-micro-edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 6.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dell:bsafe_crypto-j:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.0.0, <= 4.0.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dell:bsafe_micro-edition-suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.1.0, < 4.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dell:bsafe_micro-edition-suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0354 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/136656/RSA-BSAFE-Lenstras-Attack.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / bugtraq/2016/Apr/66
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/538055/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1035515
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1035516
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1035517
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry