CVE-2014-0878

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-05-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

The IBMSecureRandom component in the IBMJCE and IBMSecureRandom cryptographic providers in IBM SDK Java Technology Edition 5.0 before Service Refresh 16 FP6, 6 before Service Refresh 16, 6.0.1 before Service Refresh 8, 7 before Service Refresh 7, and 7R1 before Service Refresh 1 makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by predicting the random number generator's output.

Affected products

IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition: 6.0.0.0, 6.0.1.0, 6.0.2.0, 6.0.3.0, 6.0.4.0, 6.0.5.0 (+47)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/59022
http://secunia.com/advisories/59023
http://secunia.com/advisories/59058
http://secunia.com/advisories/61264
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21672043
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21673836
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21674539
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676672
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676703
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676746
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21679610
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21679713

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