CVE-2026-84698

PX4 Autopilot sd_bench Heap Buffer Overflow via Block Size

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 2, 2026 at 12:37 AM UTC
Updated: September 10, 2026 at 04:18 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPX4-Autopilot

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
PoC

Description

PX4 Autopilot contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the sd_bench command that writes a four-byte block number into a user-supplied sized allocation. Attackers can invoke sd_bench with a block size below four bytes to overflow the heap buffer and potentially execute code or crash the system.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 1.17.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

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CVSS

6.5MEDIUMVulnCheck
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-787

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