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schreibfaul1 ESP32-audioI2S 3.4.5 has a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the HTTP request header construction logic. The application dynamically spli…
Published:
27 July 2026 at 22:00:00
Alert date:
28 July 2026 at 20:07:40
Source:
nvd.nist.gov
Mobile & IoT, Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-51266) has been identified in schreibfaul1 ESP32-audioI2S version 3.4.5. The flaw exists in the HTTP request header construction logic, where attacker-controlled inputs such as host name, path, query string, and HTTP header fields are dynamically spliced into a fixed-size heap buffer (ps_ptr) without proper size validation or boundary checks. Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability by crafting oversized network request parameters to trigger an out-of-bounds heap write. Successful exploitation can lead to arbitrary code execution on the affected device. The vulnerability affects IoT/embedded systems using the ESP32 platform running this audio library. No authentication appears to be required for exploitation, making this a significant remote attack surface. A proof-of-concept advisory has been published on GitHub alongside references to the vulnerable source file.
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Affected products:
schreibfaul1 ESP32-audioI2S 3.4.5
Related links:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-51266
https://github.com/programmervuln/cveadvisory-/blob/main/CVE-2026-51266
https://github.com/schreibfaul1/ESP32-audioI2S/blob/master/src/Audio.cpp
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