CVE-2026-42996 (GCVE-0-2026-42996)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-01 06:42 – Updated: 2026-05-01 22:10
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
CWE
- CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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| JS8Call | JS8Call |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 2.3.1
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