CVE-2025-9092 (GCVE-0-2025-9092)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-16 10:29 – Updated: 2025-08-18 18:08
VLAI
Title
Hybrid Module Deployment in Multi-JVM Environments Leading to Resource Exhaustion
Summary
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. Bouncy Castle for Java - BC-FJA 2.1.0 bc-fips (API modules) allows Excessive Allocation. This vulnerability is associated with program files org.Bouncycastle.Crypto.Fips.NativeLoader. This issue affects Bouncy Castle for Java - BC-FJA 2.1.0: from BC-FJA 2.1.0 through 2.1.0.
Severity
1 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/R:U/RE:L/U:Green
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-08-18 18:08 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
bcorg CNA
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