CVE-2026-41429CWE-121

Improper validation of NBNS name_len in arduino-esp32 NetBIOS leads to memory corruption

High · published April 24, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
26.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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, there is a remotely reachable memory corruption issue in the NBNS packet handling path. When NetBIOS is enabled by calling NBNS.begin(...), the device listens on UDP port 137 and processes untrusted NBNS requests from the local network.

The request parser trusts the attacker-controlled name_len field without enforcing a bound consistent with the fixed-size destination buffers used later in the flow. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.3.8.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00339 · 26.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2026-04-24T19:19Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 APR 19:19Z
    Improper validation of NBNS name_len in arduino-esp32 NetBIOS leads to memory corruption
    cvelistv5