CANBoat through 6.22, fixed in commit a5a22b7, contains an off-by-one global buffer overflow in the searchForPgn() function in analyzer/pgn.c that allows remote attackers to crash the application. Attackers can deliver a crafted NMEA-2000 message with an out-of-range PGN value over CAN bus or N2K-over-IP to trigger an out-of-bounds array access and denial of service.
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/canboat-off-by-one-global-buffer-overflow-in-searchforpgn
https://github.com/canboat/canboat/pull/649
https://github.com/canboat/canboat/issues/644
https://github.com/canboat/canboat/commit/a5a22b74b9ac5688019cba62669df08562cebd6f
Published: 2026-06-25
Updated: 2026-06-25
Base Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:C/A:C
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 7.3
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
Severity: High
Base Score: 7
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: High