Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting PX4/PX4-Autopilot package, versions [,1.17.0-rc2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.27% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PX4PX4AUTOPILOT-15656787
  • published16 Mar 2026
  • disclosed13 Mar 2026
  • creditMaxime Rossi Bellom,Ramtine

Introduced: 13 Mar 2026

CVE-2026-32705  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade PX4/PX4-Autopilot to version 1.17.0-rc2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Stack-based Buffer Overflow in the BST::probe() function in bst.cpp. An attacker with physical access can crash the task, and potentially execute code, by attaching an I2C device that reports an oversized dev_name_len value.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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