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Publication date: 2025-11-29

Last updated on: 2025-12-23

Assigner: GitHub, Inc.

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.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-11-29

Last Modified

2025-12-23

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-11-29

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-66216

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
aiscatcher	ais-catcher	to 0.64 (exc)

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-131	The product does not correctly calculate the size to be used when allocating a buffer, which could lead to a buffer overflow.
CWE-787	The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a heap buffer overflow in the AIS::Message class of AIS-catcher before version 0.64. It allows an attacker to write about 1KB of arbitrary data into a buffer that is only 128 bytes in size, potentially leading to memory corruption or arbitrary code execution. The issue was fixed in version 0.64.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by corrupting memory, as it enables writing more data than the buffer can hold. This can compromise the security and stability of systems running vulnerable versions of AIS-catcher.

Mitigation Strategies

Upgrade AIS-catcher to version 0.64 or later, as this version contains the patch that fixes the heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the AIS::Message class.

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