VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2025-66216
Prior to version 0.64, a heap buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified in the AIS::Message class of AIS-catcher.
CRITICAL 9.3EPSS 0.51%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.51%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
AIS-catcher is a multi-platform AIS receiver. Prior to version 0.64, a heap buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified in the AIS::Message class of AIS-catcher. This vulnerability allows an attacker to write approximately 1KB of arbitrary data into a 128-byte buffer. This issue has been patched in version 0.64.
- CVSS 4.0
- 9.3 CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.51% probability · 42th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-131, CWE-787
- Affected
- aiscatcher/ais-catcher
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/jvde-github/AIS-catcher/commit/3de0ef785fc3c96265a71b37df7b0a82cb279312Patch
- https://github.com/jvde-github/AIS-catcher/security/advisories/GHSA-v53x-f5hh-g2g6Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/jvde-github/AIS-catcher/security/advisories/GHSA-v53x-f5hh-g2g6Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.