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01 Record

CVE-2026-42996

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

CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base score10.0 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/S:P/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Green
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02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
SSVC decision
  • ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
  • AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
  • Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.
EPSS probability
0.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 47.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
10.0 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
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
NVD analysis status
Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-26.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2026-05-01 06:42Z6 MO AGO
Last updated
2026-05-01 22:10Z6 MO AGO
Reserved
2026-05-01
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Critical (CVSS 10.0)
CNA CVSS vector
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/S:P/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Green
Weaknesses
  • CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowVariant
Data version
5.2
Document digest
9a007024344fd52027a96088a94a5419a90f2bda84f8f6e65f8f1e660b38c200

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
JS8CallJS8Call0 to 2.3.1—
JS8Call-improvedJS8Call-improved0 to < 3.0—

06 References