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CVE-2026-42468

Buffer overflow vulnerability in Open Vehicle Monitoring System 3 (OVMS3) 3.3.005.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.42%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Buffer overflow vulnerability in Open Vehicle Monitoring System 3 (OVMS3) 3.3.005. In canformat_pcap.cpp , the parser's phdr.len field is not properly validated, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted PCAP input.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.42% probability · 36th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-121
Affected
openvehicles/open vehicle monitoring system firmware
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 0.42%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 0.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.