CVE-2026-51261

CRITICAL

ESP32-audioI2S 3.4.5 - Remote Code Execution via Race Condition in AudioBuffer::freeSpace

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Missing mutex synchronization in AudioBuffer::freeSpace() in schreibfaul1 ESP32-audioI2S 3.4.5 creates a race condition between concurrent tasks. The function calculates available buffer space without protecting shared read/write pointers, returning an incorrectly large value. Trusting this value leads to heap out-of-bounds write, memory corruption, device crash, and arbitrary code execution.

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 5.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-362
Status published
Published Jul 28, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 28, 2026