CVE-2014-0878: IBM Java SDK

Medium severity, CVSS 5.8. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 Java SDK: version 6.0.0.0 only; version 6.0.1.0 only; version 6.0.2.0 only; version 6.0.3.0 only; version 6.0.4.0 only; version 6.0.5.0 only; …

Published 2014-05-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.