CVE-2025-66217

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
jvde-githubAIS-catcher< 0.64affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-122: CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow
  • CWE-191: CWE-191: Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: poc
    • Automatable: yes
    • Technical Impact: partial

Additional References

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