CVE-2026-51273

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-28. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, ghsa
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: —CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 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 ID3 tag parsing function showID3Tag() of the embedded audio streaming library. The program reads untrusted long ID3 tag value from malicious audio files and uses unbounded appendf() to write formatted strings into ps_ptr heap buffer without length validation. Successful exploitation allows attackers to execute arbitrary code, leak sensitive memory data, cause device crash, or escalate privileges via a crafted malicious audio file.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(high)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
—
EPSS %ILE
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KEV
Not listed

Published

July 28, 2026

Last Modified

July 28, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jul 28, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

cveadvisory-/CVE-2026-51273 at main · programmervuln/cveadvisory- · GitHub

https://github.com/programmervuln/cveadvisory-/blob/main/CVE-2026-51273
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-2026-51273(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 9× 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. 2026-07-29 08:35 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-29 08:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-28 20:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-28 19:26 UTCEG score recompute▲ 7.80
  5. 2026-07-28 19:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-28 19:24 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 7.8 · severity → HIGH
  7. 2026-07-28 17:21 UTCNVD update
  8. 2026-07-28 16:54 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-07-28 16:53 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-51273?
CVE-2026-51273 is a high vulnerability published on July 28, 2026. In schreibfaul1 ESP32-audioI2S 3.4.5, a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the ID3 tag parsing function showID3Tag() of the embedded audio streaming library. The program reads untrusted long ID3 tag value from malicious audio files and uses unbounded appendf() to write formatted…
When was CVE-2026-51273 disclosed?
CVE-2026-51273 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.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-51273?
CVE-2026-51273 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-51273?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-51273, 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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