CVE-2026-42854CRITICAL 9.8EPSS p42.7%

CVE-2026-42854CVE-2026-42854

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.

Scoring

CVSS 3.19.8 (CRITICAL)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS0.57% probability of exploitation · percentile 42.7% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z
Published2026-05-12
Last modified2026-05-18

Underlying weaknesses· 1

CWE-121

References

  1. https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/security/advisories/GHSA-8cmm-3887-r32j
  2. https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/security/advisories/GHSA-8cmm-3887-r32j

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TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessStack-based Buffer Overflowcwe-1210%live

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