CVE-2026-42854

CRITICAL EPSS 42.9%
Published May 12, 20261mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
9.8 CVSS 3.1
Critical
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Published May 12, 2026 1mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

arduino-esp32 is an Arduino core for the ESP32, ESP32-S2, ESP32-S3, ESP32-C3, ESP32-C6 and ESP32-H2 microcontrollers. Prior to 3.3.8, the WebServer multipart form parser in arduino-esp32 allocates a Variable Length Array (VLA) on the stack whose size is derived from an attacker-controlled HTTP header field (Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=...) without enforcing any length limit. Sending a boundary string longer than ~8000 characters overflows the 8192-byte task stack of the loopTask, causing a crash and potential remote code execution. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.3.8.

CVSS Details

Base Score
9.8
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
42.9% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-121

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
espressifarduino-esp32* <3.3.8

References 1

  • github.com https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/security/advisories/GHSA-8cmm-3887-r32j
    ExploitVendor Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

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