CVE-2026-42996
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CVE-2026-42996 is a critical-severity vulnerability rated 10/10 on the CVSS scale. 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.. EPSS estimates a 0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:P/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Green
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