---
id: CVE-2025-66216
title: AIS-catcher is a multi-platform AIS receiver
summary: >-
  AIS-catcher is a multi-platform AIS receiver. Prior to version 0.64, a heap
  buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified in the AIS::Message class of
  AIS-catcher. This vulnerability allows an attacker to write approximately 1KB
  of a…
severity: critical
cvss: 9.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-131
  - CWE-787
vendor: aiscatcher
product: ais-catcher
affected:
  - ais-catcher < 0.64
patched:
  - ais-catcher 0.64
published: '2025-11-29'
updated: '2026-10-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-07T20:10:01.970'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-66216'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/jvde-github/AIS-catcher/commit/3de0ef785fc3c96265a71b37df7b0a82cb279312
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/jvde-github/AIS-catcher/security/advisories/GHSA-v53x-f5hh-g2g6
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/jvde-github/AIS-catcher/security/advisories/GHSA-v53x-f5hh-g2g6
    label: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00507
epssPercentile: 0.41253
ingestedAt: '2026-10-07T20:46:46.740Z'
---

## Overview

AIS-catcher is a multi-platform AIS receiver. Prior to version 0.64, a heap buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified in the AIS::Message class of AIS-catcher. This vulnerability allows an attacker to write approximately 1KB of arbitrary data into a 128-byte buffer. This issue has been patched in version 0.64.

## Affected

- `ais-catcher < 0.64`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `ais-catcher 0.64`