CVE-2025-66216 CRITICAL

CVE-2025-66216: AIS-catcher has a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in `AIS::Message` leading to DoS/RCE

Vendor Jvde-Github
Product AIS-catcher
Weakness CWE-131
Published November 29, 2025
Last update December 1, 2025
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CVSS base score

9.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality —
Integrity —

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 29, 2025 CVE published
December 1, 2025 Record updated