CVE-2026-82478

NASA Trick TCP Socket JSONVariableServerThread.cpp parse_request stack-based overflow

Published: Aug 30, 2026Updated: Aug 31, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119

7.3HIGH

Description

A vulnerability was determined in NASA Trick 19.6.0. This issue affects the function JSONVariableServerThread::parse_request of the file trick_source/sim_services/JSONVariableServer/JSONVariableServerThread.cpp of the component TCP Socket Handler. This manipulation causes stack-based buffer overflow. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:LConfidentiality

Low

I:LIntegrity

Low

A:LAvailability

Low

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Weaknesses

CWE-119 CWE-121

Affected Products

NASA

commercial·US

TrickOn-prem

ICS / OT / IoT / industrial-network

Exploitability

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2 techniques

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References

https://app.notion.com/p/Stack-based-Buffer-Overflow-in-NASA-Trick-JSONVariableServer-via-Unbounded-sscanf-on-Network-Receive-39cbd773e51180e1917cd717b90b8bc8?source=copy_link

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https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-82478

vuldb.com

https://vuldb.com/submit/888016

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