CVE-2025-8885: Possible DOS in processing specially formed ASN.1 Object Identifiers
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. · BC Java
Affected: Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC Java · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 51% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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.
Affected products2
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. · BC Javafrom 1.0 up to and including 1.77
- Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. · BC-FJAfrom 1.0.0 up to and including 1.0.2.5; from 2.0.0 up to and including 2.0.1
On the Atlas
Every published CVE is on the CyberSIXT Atlas, grouped by weakness, vendor and month.
- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Published
- August 2025
CoverageNo articles yet
No CyberSIXT article names CVE-2025-8885 yet, so there is no coverage timeline, action brief or change log for it. Everything on this page comes from the public CVE record, CISA KEV, EPSS and the nuclei template index. Search the archive or see the CVEs in the news.