# CVE-2026-42468: Buffer overflow vulnerability in Open Vehicle Monitoring System 3 (OVMS3) 3.3.005.

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-05-01 · Updated: 2026-05-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Buffer overflow vulnerability in Open Vehicle Monitoring System 3 (OVMS3) 3.3.005. In canformat_pcap.cpp , the parser's phdr.len field is not properly validated, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted PCAP input.

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## References

- https://gist.github.com/sgInnora/f4ac66faeefe07a653ceeb3f58cdc381
- https://github.com/openvehicles/Open-Vehicle-Monitoring-System-3/issues/1392

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