{"cve":"CVE-2025-8885","nvd":{"published":"2025-08-12T10:15:26.963","modified":"2026-06-17T10:07:51.063","status":"Deferred","description":"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 .\n\nThis 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.","cvss_v4":{"vector":"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/S:P/R:U/RE:M/U:Amber","score":6.3},"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-770"],"references":["https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902025%E2%80%908885"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:06:45.861874017+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-8885","score":0.00541,"percentile":0.45535,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23","summary":"Bouncy Castle for Java on All (API modules) allows Excessive Allocation","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:26.916223333Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14","purl":"pkg:maven/org.bouncycastle/bcprov-jdk14","ranges":[">=1.0 <1.78"],"fixed":["1.78"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18","purl":"pkg:maven/org.bouncycastle/bcprov-jdk15to18","ranges":[">=1.0 <1.78"],"fixed":["1.78"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on","purl":"pkg:maven/org.bouncycastle/bcprov-jdk18on","ranges":[">=1.0 <1.78"],"fixed":["1.78"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk14","purl":"pkg:maven/org.bouncycastle/bctls-jdk14","ranges":[">=1.0 <1.78"],"fixed":["1.78"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk15to18","purl":"pkg:maven/org.bouncycastle/bctls-jdk15to18","ranges":[">=1.0 <1.78"],"fixed":["1.78"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk18on","purl":"pkg:maven/org.bouncycastle/bctls-jdk18on","ranges":[">=1.0 <1.78"],"fixed":["1.78"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.bouncycastle:bc-fips","purl":"pkg:maven/org.bouncycastle/bc-fips","ranges":[">=1.0.0 <1.0.2.6"],"fixed":["1.0.2.6"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.bouncycastle:bc-fips","purl":"pkg:maven/org.bouncycastle/bc-fips","ranges":[">=2.0.0 <2.0.1"],"fixed":["2.0.1"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}