CVE-2025-66216

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 v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/jvde-github/AIS-catcher/commit/3de0ef785fc3c96265a71b37df7b0a82cb279312	Patch
https://github.com/jvde-github/AIS-catcher/security/advisories/GHSA-v53x-f5hh-g2g6	Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/jvde-github/AIS-catcher/security/advisories/GHSA-v53x-f5hh-g2g6	Exploit Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:aiscatcher:ais-catcher:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

23 Dec 2025, 16:13

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 9.8
First Time		Aiscatcher ais-catcher Aiscatcher
CWE		CWE-787
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:aiscatcher:ais-catcher::::::::
References	~~() https://github.com/jvde-github/AIS-catcher/commit/3de0ef785fc3c96265a71b37df7b0a82cb279312 -~~	() https://github.com/jvde-github/AIS-catcher/commit/3de0ef785fc3c96265a71b37df7b0a82cb279312 - Patch
References	~~() https://github.com/jvde-github/AIS-catcher/security/advisories/GHSA-v53x-f5hh-g2g6 -~~	() https://github.com/jvde-github/AIS-catcher/security/advisories/GHSA-v53x-f5hh-g2g6 - Exploit, Vendor Advisory

01 Dec 2025, 14:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://github.com/jvde-github/AIS-catcher/security/advisories/GHSA-v53x-f5hh-g2g6 -~~	() https://github.com/jvde-github/AIS-catcher/security/advisories/GHSA-v53x-f5hh-g2g6 -

29 Nov 2025, 03:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-11-29 03:15

Updated : 2025-12-23 16:13

NVD link : CVE-2025-66216

Mitre link : CVE-2025-66216

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-66216

JSON object : View

Products Affected

aiscatcher

ais-catcher

CWE

CWE-131

Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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