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.

INFO

Published Date :

2026-05-01T06:42:58.858Z

Last Modified :

2026-05-01T06:55:48.483Z

Source :

mitre
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-42996 vulnerability.

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https://amateur-radio-resources.sourceforge.io/PDF/JS8APRS.pdf cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/JS8Call-improved/JS8Call-improved/security/advisories/GHSA-98hp-pjp7-w62x cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/js8call/js8call/blob/fd721e8b67eed84cb3c09d018205ab9a53e1a8b1/APRSISClient.cpp#L89-L102 cve-icon cve-icon
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