CVE-2026-38971

ardupilot through Plane-4.6.3 was found to contain an out-of-bounds read issue in libraries/GCS_MAVLink/GCS_serial_control.cpp in GCS_MAVLINK::handle_serial_control().

CVSS v3 9.1 CRITICAL

9.1^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://gist.github.com/quart27219/6bfcc615f89fb493d02aad480704593b
https://github.com/ArduPilot/ardupilot	Product
https://github.com/ArduPilot/ardupilot/issues/32524	Exploit Issue Tracking
https://github.com/ArduPilot/ardupilot/pull/32587	Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/ArduPilot/ardupilot/issues/32524	Exploit Issue Tracking

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:ardupilot:arduplane:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-07-02 21:16

Updated : 2026-07-09 15:16

NVD link : CVE-2026-38971

Mitre link : CVE-2026-38971

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-38971

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ardupilot

arduplane

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

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