CVE-2026-42996
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
10.0
VIR risk
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Description
JS8Call through 2.3.1 and JS8Call-improved before 3.0 have a stack-based buffer overflow via a radio transmission of @APRSIS GRID followed by a long Maidenhead locator. This occurs in grid2deg in APRSISClient.cpp.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
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
- https://amateur-radio-resources.sourceforge.io/PDF/JS8APRS.pdf
- https://github.com/JS8Call-improved/JS8Call-improved/commit/a6c7a19b82bbd7c2c0c892576f84d7449e8c7088
- https://github.com/JS8Call-improved/JS8Call-improved/security/advisories/GHSA-98hp-pjp7-w62x
- https://github.com/js8call/js8call/blob/fd721e8b67eed84cb3c09d018205ab9a53e1a8b1/APRSISClient.cpp#L89-L102
- https://github.com/JS8Call-improved/JS8Call-improved/security/advisories/GHSA-98hp-pjp7-w62x
CWEs
CWE-121
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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