CVE-2025-66217

AIS-catcher is a multi-platform AIS receiver. Prior to version 0.64, an integer underflow vulnerability exists in the MQTT parsing logic of AIS-catcher. This vulnerability allows an attacker to trigger a massive Heap Buffer Overflow by sending a malformed MQTT packet with a manipulated Topic Length field. This leads to an immediate Denial of Service (DoS) and, when used as a library, severe Memory Corruption that can be leveraged for Remote Code Execution (RCE). This issue has been patched in version 0.64.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/jvde-github/AIS-catcher/commit/e0f7242eee659909adc11a4c561c3f7011bdefe7	Patch
https://github.com/jvde-github/AIS-catcher/security/advisories/GHSA-93mj-c8q3-69rg	Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/jvde-github/AIS-catcher/security/advisories/GHSA-93mj-c8q3-69rg	Exploit Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-11-29 03:15

Updated : 2025-12-23 16:10

NVD link : CVE-2025-66217

Mitre link : CVE-2025-66217

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-66217

JSON object : View

Products Affected

aiscatcher

ais-catcher

CWE

CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CWE-191

Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

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