Is CVE-2016-8217 being actively exploited?

CVE-2016-8217 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-8217?

CVE-2016-8217 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 3.7 (LOW).

CVE-2016-8217

LOW · CVSS 3.7EPSS 1.5%EU EUVD

EMC RSA BSAFE Crypto-J versions prior to 6.2.2 has a PKCS#12 Timing Attack Vulnerability. A possible timing attack could be carried out by modifying a PKCS#12 file that has an integrity MAC for which the password is not known. An attacker could then feed the modified PKCS#12 file to the toolkit and guess the current MAC one byte at a time. This is possible because Crypto-J uses a non-constant-time method to compare the stored MAC with the calculated MAC. This vulnerability is similar to the issue described in CVE-2015-2601.

Key facts

CVSS score: 3.7 (v3.1)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-200
EPSS score: 1.5% (74th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2016-9065)
Published: February 3, 2017
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2016-9065 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

dell / bsafe crypto-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://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540066/30/0/threaded(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95831(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037732(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

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

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