PT-2025-32637

CVE-2025-8885

Published

2025-08-12

Updated

2026-10-30

Description by

CVSS 4.0

6.3

Medium

MetricsAV: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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Bouncy Castle for Java versions 1.0 through 1.77 Bouncy Castle for Java - FJA versions 1.0.0 through 2.0.0

Description: A resource allocation issue exists in Bouncy Castle for Java affecting all API modules. The vulnerability allows attackers to cause excessive memory allocation through unbounded resource consumption, potentially leading to denial of service. The issue is associated with the ASN1ObjectIdentifier.java file within the core module and is triggered by malformed ASN.1 OIDs.

Recommendations: Bouncy Castle for Java versions prior to 1.78 Bouncy Castle for Java - FJA versions prior to 2.0.1

Exploitability

Exploit

Fix

Impacts

Researchers

Bing Shi

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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