jvde-github AIS-catcher up to 0.63 AIS::Message buffer size

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in jvde-github AIS-catcher up to 0.63 and classified as critical. Impacted is the function AIS::Message. Executing a manipulation can lead to buffer size. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-66216. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in jvde-github AIS-catcher up to 0.63 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function AIS::Message. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer size vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-131. The product does not correctly calculate the size to be used when allocating a buffer, which could lead to a buffer overflow. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-66216 since 11/25/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 0.64 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 3de0ef785fc3c96265a71b37df7b0a82cb279312 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-199899). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Bug Tracking Software

Vendor

• jvde-github

Name

• AIS-catcher

Version

• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.10
• 0.11
• 0.12
• 0.13
• 0.14
• 0.15
• 0.16
• 0.17
• 0.18
• 0.19
• 0.20
• 0.21
• 0.22
• 0.23
• 0.24
• 0.25
• 0.26
• 0.27
• 0.28
• 0.29
• 0.30
• 0.31
• 0.32
• 0.33
• 0.34
• 0.35
• 0.36
• 0.37
• 0.38
• 0.39
• 0.40
• 0.41
• 0.42
• 0.43
• 0.44
• 0.45
• 0.46
• 0.47
• 0.48
• 0.49
• 0.50
• 0.51
• 0.52
• 0.53
• 0.54
• 0.55
• 0.56
• 0.57
• 0.58
• 0.59
• 0.60
• 0.61
• 0.62
• 0.63

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/jvde-github/AIS-catcher/

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