Is CVE-2018-1000613 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-1000613 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-1000613?

CVE-2018-1000613 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-1000613?

CVE-2018-1000613 has an EPSS score of 4.77% (91th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1000613?

Upgrade bouncycastle on debian 11 to 1.60-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-1000613

CRITICALEPSS 91th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Legion of the Bouncy Castle Legion of the Bouncy Castle Java Cryptography APIs 1.58 up to but not including 1.60 contains a CWE-470: Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection') vulnerability in XMSS/XMSS^MT private key deserialization that can result in Deserializing an XMSS/XMSS^MT private key can result in the execution of unexpected code. This attack appear to be exploitable via A handcrafted private key can include references to unexpected classes which will be picked up from the class path for the executing application. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.60 and later.

CWE-470

How to fix

Remediation Available

bouncycastleDebian

Fixed in:1.60-1CVE-2018-1000613

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

4.77%probability of exploitation in 30 days

91stpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 91% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch8

Third-Party Advisory2

Mailing List1

lists.apache.org

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-05-12.