Get ILLEGAL_VALUE error when decrypting a message

[Matte]

I want to decrypt a message, which is generated by a java application using public key. But it returned a ILLEGAL_VALUE error (e.getReason() = 1). The keys have been created in the java application. If I want to crypt and decrypt messages with a keypair created in the java card, it works fine. Any ideas on this?

Here is mycode of java card applet :

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private RSAPublicKey rsa_PublicKeyServer;
private Cipher cipherRSA;

private final static byte[] _publicKeyExponent = {(byte) 0x01, (byte) 0x00, (byte) 0x01};
private final static byte[] _publicKeyModulus = {
          (byte)0xbe, (byte)0x94, (byte)0x44, (byte)0x8e, (byte)0x4a, 
          (byte)0x5d, (byte)0xc9, (byte)0xc9, (byte)0xee, (byte)0xe9, 
          (byte)0xa4, (byte)0x8a, (byte)0xb5, (byte)0x56, (byte)0x8d, 
          (byte)0xd2, (byte)0x1e, (byte)0x86, (byte)0x73, (byte)0x1f, 
          (byte)0xb9, (byte)0x4c, (byte)0x5b, (byte)0x65, (byte)0x3c, 
          (byte)0x7c, (byte)0xed, (byte)0xcd, (byte)0x67, (byte)0x87, 
          (byte)0xad, (byte)0x63, (byte)0xdf, (byte)0xc2, (byte)0xae, 
          (byte)0x3b, (byte)0x11, (byte)0xb0, (byte)0xf9, (byte)0x0b, 
          (byte)0x63, (byte)0x51, (byte)0x57, (byte)0xe4, (byte)0xb1, 
          (byte)0x27, (byte)0x23, (byte)0xce, (byte)0xe9, (byte)0xa2, 
          (byte)0xeb, (byte)0xcf, (byte)0x7c, (byte)0x77, (byte)0xdd, 
          (byte)0x79, (byte)0xbd, (byte)0x8e, (byte)0xd4, (byte)0x5e, 
          (byte)0xdd, (byte)0x75, (byte)0xa3, (byte)0x25};

private TestJC(byte[] aArray, short sOffset, byte bLength) {
rsa_PublicKeyServer = (RSAPublicKey) KeyBuilder.buildKey(KeyBuilder.TYPE_RSA_PUBLIC, KeyBuilder.LENGTH_RSA_512, false);
rsa_PublicKeyServer.setExponent(_publicKeyExponent, (short) 0,(short) _publicKeyExponent.length);
rsa_PublicKeyServer.setModulus(_publicKeyModulus, (short) 0,(short) _publicKeyModulus.length);
     cipherRSA = Cipher.getInstance(Cipher.ALG_RSA_PKCS1, false);
}

private void decryptRSA(APDU apdu){
     try{
byte a[] = apdu.getBuffer(); 
short byteRead = (short) (apdu.setIncomingAndReceive());
cipherRSA.init(rsa_PublicKeyServer, Cipher.MODE_DECRYPT);
short textlenth = cipherRSA.doFinal(a, (short) dataOffset, byteRead, a, (short) dataOffset);

apdu.setOutgoing();
apdu.setOutgoingLength((short) textlenth );
apdu.sendBytesLong(a, (short) dataOffset, (short) textlenth );

     } catch(CryptoException e){
          ISOException.throwIt((short)e.getReason());
     }
}

[UNKNwYSHSA]

From specification JC api:

CryptoException.ILLEGAL_USE if one of the following conditions is met:
This Cipher algorithm does not pad the message and the message is not block aligned.
This Cipher algorithm does not pad the message and no input data has been provided in inBuff or via the update() method.
The input message length is not supported or the message value is greater than or equal to the modulus.
The decrypted data is not bounded by appropriate padding bytes.

The reason most likely is:
"The decrypted data is not bounded by appropriate padding bytes. "

The data you want to decrypt is not the data the private key encrypted, Maybe.

[Tazmania09]

When you are Verifying or Encrypting, RSA public keys are used. When you are Signing or Decrypting, RSA private keys are used.

Please make sure your keys match your usage.