CVE-2026-51273 | In schreibfaul1 ESP32-audioI2S 3.4.5, a heap-based buffer ov… | CVSS 7.8 HIGH

Description

In schreibfaul1 ESP32-audioI2S 3.4.5, a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the ID3 tag parsing function showID3Tag() of the embedded audio streaming library. The program reads untrusted long ID3 tag value from malicious audio files and uses unbounded appendf() to write formatted strings into ps_ptr heap buffer without length validation. Successful exploitation allows attackers to execute arbitrary code, leak sensitive memory data, cause device crash, or escalate privileges via a crafted malicious audio file.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-51273
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Reserved: 2026-06-07 00:00 UTC
Published: 2026-07-28 00:00 UTC
Last updated: 2026-07-28 17:53 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-122
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Vendor / Product: n/a / n/a
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

7.8 HIGH CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC — CISA Coordinator

Exploitation: PoC
Automatable: no
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
n/a	n/a	—	n/a

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
—	cna	n/a
CWE-122	adp	CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
7.8	HIGH	3.1	adp	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (2)