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4 vulnerabilities found for BC Java by Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.
CVE-2025-8916 (GCVE-0-2025-8916)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2025-08-13 09:31 – Updated: 2026-05-12 12:02
VLAI
Title
Possible DOS in processing large name constraint structures in PKIXCertPathReveiwer
Summary
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC Java bcpkix on All (API modules), Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC Java bcprov on All (API modules), Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BCPKIX FIPS bcpkix-fips on All (API modules) allows Excessive Allocation. This vulnerability is associated with program files https://github.Com/bcgit/bc-java/blob/main/pkix/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/pkix/jcajce/PKIXCertPathReviewer.Java, https://github.Com/bcgit/bc-java/blob/main/prov/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/x509/PKIXCertPathReviewer.Java.
This issue affects BC Java: from 1.44 through 1.78; BC Java: from 1.44 through 1.78; BCPKIX FIPS: from 1.0.0 through 1.0.7, from 2.0.0 through 2.0.7.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
References
Impacted products
3 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. | BC Java |
Affected:
1.44 , ≤ 1.78
(maven)
|
|
| Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. | BCPKIX FIPS |
Affected:
1.0.0 , ≤ 1.0.7
(maven)
Affected: 2.0.0 , ≤ 2.0.7 (maven) |
|
| Siemens | SIMATIC CN 4100 |
Affected:
0 , < V5.0
(custom)
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CVE-2025-8885 (GCVE-0-2025-8885)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2025-08-12 09:13 – Updated: 2025-09-12 11:09
VLAI
Title
Possible DOS in processing specially formed ASN.1 Object Identifiers
Summary
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.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
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Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
2 products
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Affected:
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CVE-2025-8916 (GCVE-0-2025-8916)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-13 09:31 – Updated: 2026-05-12 12:02
VLAI
Title
Possible DOS in processing large name constraint structures in PKIXCertPathReveiwer
Summary
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC Java bcpkix on All (API modules), Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC Java bcprov on All (API modules), Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BCPKIX FIPS bcpkix-fips on All (API modules) allows Excessive Allocation. This vulnerability is associated with program files https://github.Com/bcgit/bc-java/blob/main/pkix/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/pkix/jcajce/PKIXCertPathReviewer.Java, https://github.Com/bcgit/bc-java/blob/main/prov/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/x509/PKIXCertPathReviewer.Java.
This issue affects BC Java: from 1.44 through 1.78; BC Java: from 1.44 through 1.78; BCPKIX FIPS: from 1.0.0 through 1.0.7, from 2.0.0 through 2.0.7.
Severity
SSVC
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Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
References
Impacted products
3 products
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Affected:
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|
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Affected:
1.0.0 , ≤ 1.0.7
(maven)
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|
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Affected:
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CVE-2025-8885 (GCVE-0-2025-8885)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-12 09:13 – Updated: 2025-09-12 11:09
VLAI
Title
Possible DOS in processing specially formed ASN.1 Object Identifiers
Summary
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.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. | BC Java |
Affected:
1.0 , ≤ 1.77
(maven)
|
|
| Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. | BC-FJA |
Affected:
1.0.0 , ≤ 1.0.2.5
(maven)
Affected: 2.0.0 , ≤ 2.0.1 (maven) |
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