CVE-2014-0878
The IBMSecureRandom component in the IBMJCE and IBMSecureRandom cryptographic providers in IBM SDK Java Technology Edition 5.0 before…
- 5.8MediumCVSS base score
- 2.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 18% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
22
- 59022 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21680750 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21679610 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676672 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 59058 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 61264 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ibm-java-cve20140878-weak-sec(91084) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21689593 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21681256 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21674539 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686717 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21683484 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21673836 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21677387 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 59023 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676746 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21672043 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 67601 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21679713 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21675343 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676703 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21675588 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-0908 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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