CVE-2026-51271

✕ Withdrawn — historical dataCRITICALPre-NVD 9.6Elevated
9.6CVSS
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 9.6Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

In schreibfaul1 ESP32-audioI2S 3.4.5, a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the WAV header parsing function read_WAV_Header(). The function reads untrusted chunk size and bytes-to-skip value directly from malicious WAV files without reasonable range restriction. Abnormally large bts and headerSize values lead to out-of-bounds heap memory read/write during header parsing, which can be exploited to execute arbitrary code, disclose sensitive information, cause denial of service or escalate privileges.

CVSS v3
9.6
EchelonGraph score
Not yet assessedThis CVE record was withdrawn by its numbering authority, so there is no vulnerability to rate.
EG Score
—
EG Risk
—
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
27%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 28, 2026

Last Modified

July 28, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Sep 14, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

cveadvisory-/CVE-2026-51271 at main · programmervuln/cveadvisory- · GitHub

https://github.com/programmervuln/cveadvisory-/blob/main/CVE-2026-51271
generic

ESP32-audioI2S/src/Audio.cpp at master · schreibfaul1/ESP32-audioI2S · GitHub

https://github.com/schreibfaul1/ESP32-audioI2S/blob/master/src/Audio.cpp

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-51271(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 2× in last 7d / 9× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-13 20:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-10 20:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-07 20:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-04 12:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-30 08:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-27 09:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-24 08:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-21 09:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-18 10:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-15 11:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-12 12:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-09 14:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-06 15:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-03 16:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-01 04:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-31 17:15 UTCEG score recompute▼ 9.60
  17. 2026-07-31 17:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-31 13:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-31 09:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-31 06:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-31 02:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-30 23:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-30 19:22 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-07-30 19:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-30 16:28 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-07-30 15:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-30 11:33 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-30 11:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-30 07:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-30 04:14 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-30 04:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-30 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-30 00:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-29 20:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-29 17:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-29 13:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-29 10:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-29 06:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-29 02:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-28 23:05 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-07-28 23:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-28 19:27 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-07-28 19:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-28 18:24 UTCEG score recompute▲ 9.60
  20. 2026-07-28 18:22 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 9.6 · severity → CRITICAL
  21. 2026-07-28 16:19 UTCNVD update
  22. 2026-07-28 16:14 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-07-28 16:13 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-51271?
CVE-2026-51271 is a critical vulnerability published on July 28, 2026. In schreibfaul1 ESP32-audioI2S 3.4.5, a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the WAV header parsing function readWAVHeader(). The function reads untrusted chunk size and bytes-to-skip value directly from malicious WAV files without reasonable range restriction. Abnormally large bts…
When was CVE-2026-51271 disclosed?
CVE-2026-51271 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 28, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-51271 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-51271 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 72.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-51271?
CVE-2026-51271 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.6 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-51271?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-51271, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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