CVE-2025-8885

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Published 2025-08-12 · Modified 2026-02-04

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

Bouncy Castle for Java on All (API modules) allows Excessive Allocation

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Mixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.80-1`
sid	Fixed	`1.80-1`
forky	Fixed	`1.80-1`
bullseye	Affected	—
bookworm	Affected	—

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
Maven	org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14	`>=1.0,<1.78`	`1.78`
Maven	org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18	`>=1.0,<1.78`	`1.78`
Maven	org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on	`>=1.0,<1.78`	`1.78`
Maven	org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk14	`>=1.0,<1.78`	`1.78`
Maven	org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk15to18	`>=1.0,<1.78`	`1.78`
Maven	org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk18on	`>=1.0,<1.78`	`1.78`
Maven	org.bouncycastle:bc-fips	`>=1.0.0,<1.0.2.6`	`1.0.2.6`
Maven	org.bouncycastle:bc-fips	`>=2.0.0,<2.0.1`	`2.0.1`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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