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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-08-13 | Published 2025-08-13 | Updated 2025-09-12 | Assigner bcorg




MEDIUM: 6.3CVSS: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

Problem types

CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Product status

Default status
unaffected

1.44
affected

Default status
unaffected

1.44
affected

Default status
unaffected

1.0.0
affected

2.0.0
affected

Credits

Bing Shi finder

References

github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE‐2025‐8916

cve.org (CVE-2025-8916)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-8916)

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