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Bosch Sensortec BHI385 SensorAPI Debug Message Parser Trusts an Attacker-Controlled 8-Bit Length Field, Causing Stack Buffer Overflow via Crafted FIFO Events

Last refreshed2026-09-30

Status: NEW  |  Advisory ID: CVE-2026-42805

Key Details

CVECVE-2026-42805
CVSS Score / Version8.4 (High) / CVSS v3.1
Updated2026-09-10
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Proseattack vector is local; attack complexity is low; privileges required is none; user interaction is none; scope is unchanged; confidentiality impact is high; integrity impact is high; availability impact is high.
Classified asCWE-121 (Stack-based Buffer Overflow)

What to Know

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Bosch Sensortec BHI385 SensorAPI (C library) within the debug message parser function bhi385_parse_debug_message (located in bhi385_parse.c).

The function parses FIFO events and extracts an 8-bit message length directly from the attacker-controlled event payload (callback_info->data_ptr[0]) without enforcing bounds checks or clamping the value.

When copying the payload into a fixed-size stack buffer of 17 bytes (uint8_t debug_msg[17]) via memcpy, providing a length byte greater than 16 causes the function to write past the allocated stack boundary.

This memory corruption can be triggered by a malicious or compromised sensor or bus participant, leading to a firmware crash, Denial of Service (DoS), or potentially the execution of arbitrary code via adjacent stack data corruption. (NVD)

References

SourceReference
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42805
CVEhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42805