CVE-2025-8885

Aug. 12, 2025, 2:25 p.m.

6.3
Medium

Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. Bouncy Castle for Java on All (API modules) allows Excessive Allocation. This vulnerability is associated with program files https://github.Com/bcgit/bc-java/blob/main/core/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/asn1/ASN1ObjectIdentifier.Java. This issue affects Bouncy Castle for Java: from BC 1.0 through 1.77, from BC-FJA 1.0.0 through 2.0.0.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Bouncy Castle
  • Bc
  • Bc-fja
  • 1.0-1.77
  • 1.0.0-2.0.0

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-770
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a bouncy_castle bc 1.0-1.77 / / / / / / /
a bouncy_castle bc-fja 1.0.0-2.0.0 / / / / / / /

References

https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902025%E2%80%908885

Tags

CWE-770
2025-08-12
CVE-2025-8885
91579145-5d7b-4cc5-b925-a0262ff19630

CVSS Score

6.3 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Attack Requirements: PRESENT
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • User Interaction: NONE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: LOW
  • Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

    • CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:P/AU:X/R:U/V:X/RE:M/U:Amber

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Timeline

Published: Aug. 12, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Aug. 12, 2025, 2:25 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

91579145-5d7b-4cc5-b925-a0262ff19630

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