CVE-2026-15997

Severity CVSS v4.0:

LOW

Type:

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

Publication date:

16/07/2026

Last modified:

17/07/2026

Description

Out-of-bounds write vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-LTS bcprov-lts8on on ARM allows Overflow Buffers. This vulnerability is associated with program files https://github.Com/bcgit/bc-lts-java/blob/main/native_c/arm/sha/shake.C, https://github.Com/bcgit/bc-lts-java/blob/main/native_c/arm/sha/sha3.C. This issue affects BC-LTS: from 2.73.0 before 2.73.12.1. Issue is only applicable if application involved is accepting memoable SHA3 / SHAKE states from potentially untrusted sources.

Impact

Vector 4.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/S:P/AU:N/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 1.70 LOW
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/S:P/AU:N/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Attack Requirements (AT): Present
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Active
Confidentiality (VC): High
Integrity (VI): None
Availability (VA): None
Confidentiality (SC): None
Integrity (SI): None
Availability (SA): None
Safety (S): Present
Automatable (AU): No
Recovery (R): Automatic
Value Density (V): Diffuse
Vulnerability Response Effort (RE): Moderate
Provider Urgency (U): Amber
Exploit Maturity (E): Unreported

Base Score 4.0

1.70

Severity 4.0

LOW

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://github.com/bcgit/bc-lts-java/wiki/CVE-2026-15997