6.3

CVE-2025-8885: legion of the bouncy castle inc. bc java

CVSS: 6.3v4.0MediumDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-8885DEBIAN-CVE-2025-8885CGA-224g-58x9-gpv7
Published 12-08-2025Last modified 12-09-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-8885 is a medium (CVSS 6.3) vulnerability in legion of the bouncy castle inc. bc java. EPSS estimates a 0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.3/10
010
Medium · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.54%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 2
CGA-FCWP-WQ89-HFQ8CGA-GR8P-JP9J-9H83

Timeline

  1. 12-08-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 12-09-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 . 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.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 6 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.54%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

44%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.54% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.54%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard15 products
  • bouncycastle-fips-2.0< 2.0.2-r0
  • cassandra-fips-4.0< 4.0.21-r2
  • cassandra-fips-4.1< 4.1.12-r2
  • cassandra-fips-5.0< 5.0.8-r15
  • commercial-elasticsearch-8.17All versions (No fix recorded)
Org.bouncycastle7 products
  • bc-fips≥ 1.0.0, < 1.0.2.6 | ≥ 2.0.0, < 2.0.1
  • bcprov-jdk14≥ 1.0, < 1.78
  • bcprov-jdk15to18≥ 1.0, < 1.78
  • bcprov-jdk18on≥ 1.0, < 1.78
  • bctls-jdk14≥ 1.0, < 1.78
Legion of the bouncy castle inc.2 products
  • bc java≥ 1.0, ≤ 1.77
  • bc-fja≥ 1.0.0, ≤ 1.0.2.5 | ≥ 2.0.0, ≤ 2.0.1
Debian1 product
  • bouncycastleAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 1.80-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • bouncycastleAll versions (No fix recorded)

5 vendors · 26 products

References

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