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VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2026-29974: minmea · Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Affects minmeaSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 12:55 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 23% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 8 May 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
GitHubkosma/minmeapkg:github/kosma/minmeaOther threatsAffected
  • =0.3.0
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

Until a fix is available, users should avoid processing untrusted input with the vulnerable minmea_scan functions or implement manual input validation and bounds checking to mitigate overflow risk.

Description

An issue was discovered in kosma minmea 0.3.0. The minmea_scan functions format specifier copies NMEA field data to a caller-provided buffer without a size parameter. Applications using minmea_scan on untrusted input are vulnerable to a stack buffer overflow.

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