Is CVE-2016-0887 being actively exploited?

CVE-2016-0887 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-0887?

CVE-2016-0887 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 5.9 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2016-0887

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9EPSS 3.5%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.9 (v3.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-200
EPSS score: 3.5% (89th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2016-0898)
Published: April 12, 2016
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2016-0898 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 5, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

dell / bsafe crypto-c-micro-edition
dell / bsafe crypto-j
dell / bsafe micro-edition-suite
dell / bsafe ssl-c
dell / bsafe ssl-j

Certified products that may be affected

6 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

RSA BSAFE® Crypto-J JSAFE and JCE Software Module 6.2.5 - Dell Australia Pty Limited, BSAFE Product Team - FIPS 140 4645 - historical
RSA BSAFE® Crypto-J JSAFE and JCE Software Module 6.2.5 - Dell Australia Pty Limited, BSAFE Product Team - FIPS 140 4646 - historical
RSA BSAFE® Crypto-J JSAFE and JCE Software Module 6.2.5 - Dell Inc, BSAFE Product Team - FIPS 140 3819 - historical
RSA BSAFE® Crypto-J JSAFE and JCE Software Module 6.2.5 - Dell Inc. BSAFE Team - FIPS 140 3820 - historical
RSA BSAFE® Crypto-J JSAFE and JCE Software Module 6.2.4 - Dell Inc. - FIPS 140 3184 - historical

See all 6 in the Security Certifications Explorer.

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136656/RSA-BSAFE-Lenstras-Attack.html(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Apr/66(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538055/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035515(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035516(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035517(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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