Vulnerability · Published Nov 29, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2025-66216AIS-catcher has a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in `AIS::Message` leading to DoS/RCE
Critical 9.3
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in AIS-catcher from jvde-github. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 46% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 4.0)9.3Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| jvde-github | AIS-catcher | < 0.64 |
Weakness: CWE-131 · 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