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    "cveId": "CVE-2026-42996",
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    "assignerShortName": "mitre",
    "dateUpdated": "2026-05-01T06:55:48.483Z",
    "dateReserved": "2026-05-01T06:42:18.918Z",
    "datePublished": "2026-05-01T06:42:58.858Z",
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          "value": "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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              "description": "CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow",
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      "references": [
        {
          "url": "https://github.com/JS8Call-improved/JS8Call-improved/security/advisories/GHSA-98hp-pjp7-w62x"
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        {
          "url": "https://amateur-radio-resources.sourceforge.io/PDF/JS8APRS.pdf"
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          "url": "https://github.com/js8call/js8call/blob/fd721e8b67eed84cb3c09d018205ab9a53e1a8b1/APRSISClient.cpp#L89-L102"
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