CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedBouncy Castle for Java versions prior to 1.85, as well as various LTS and FIPS versions, are vulnerable to a potential out-of-memory (OOM) condition due to unbounded up-front allocation during definite-length reads. This vulnerability could lead to resource exhaustion, impacting application stability and performance. Organizations using affected versions of Bouncy Castle should prioritize updating to mitigate the risk of service disruption.
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Original NVD Description
In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, Possible OOM from unbounded up-front allocation on a definite-length read. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bc-fips 1.0.2.7 (1.0.X series), 2.0.2 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.3 (2.1.X series), and before bctls-fips 1.0.24.
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