{"id":"CVE-2016-2183","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-2183","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T05:14:47.628Z","title":"The DES and Triple DES ciphers, as used in the TLS, SSH, and IPSec protocols and other protocols and products, have a birthday bound of approximately four billion blocks, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain cleartext data via a birthday…","description":"The DES and Triple DES ciphers, as used in the TLS, SSH, and IPSec protocols and other protocols and products, have a birthday bound of approximately four billion blocks, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain cleartext data via a birthday attack against a long-duration encrypted session, as demonstrated by an HTTPS session using Triple DES in CBC mode, aka a \"Sweet32\" attack.","published":"2016-09-01T00:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:43:37.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["redhat/jboss enterprise application platform","redhat/jboss enterprise web server","redhat/jboss web server","redhat/enterprise linux","python/python","cisco/content security management appliance","openssl/openssl","oracle/database","nodejs/node.js"],"epss":{"score":0.94697,"percentile":0.99857,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[{"date":"2026-09-24","score":0.94697,"percentile":0.99855}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 94.7%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. 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