Resource exhaustion in Legion Of The Bouncy Castle Inc. Bc-Fja

CVE-2025-8885

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC Java bcprov on All (API modules), Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-FJA bc-fips on All 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/ASN1ObjectIdenti... https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/blob/main/core/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/asn1/ASN1ObjectIdentifier.Java . This issue affects BC Java: from 1.0 through 1.77; BC-FJA: from 1.0.0 through 1.0.2.5, from 2.0.0 through 2.0.1.

EPSS: 0.005 (42.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-8885?
CVE-2025-8885 is a vulnerability in Legion Of The Bouncy Castle Inc. Bc-Fja, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. Published 2025-08-12.
Is CVE-2025-8885 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.