CVE-2026-42469

high

Published 2026-05-01 · Modified 2026-05-20

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CVSS v3

8.6

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.6

Description

Buffer overflow vulnerability in Open Vehicle Monitoring System 3 (OVMS3) 3.3.005. In canformat_canswitch.cpp the parser does not properly validate a CANswitch DLC value, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted CANswitch frames.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

91%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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References

CWEs

CWE-121

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.