CVE-2026-42854Espressif · Arduino-esp32
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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.
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vuln:CVE-2026-42854vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-42854CVE-2026-42854CVE-2026-42854"CVE-2026-42854" exploit -site:nvd.nist.gov