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().

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Ardupilot
  • Ardupilot

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No data.

References
Link Providers
https://gist.github.com/quart27219/6bfcc615f89fb493d02aad480704593b cve-icon
https://github.com/ArduPilot/ardupilot cve-icon
https://github.com/ArduPilot/ardupilot/issues/32524 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/ArduPilot/ardupilot/pull/32587 cve-icon
History

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title ArduPilot Ground Control Station Out‑of‑Bounds Read in GCS_MAVLink Leading to Information Disclosure

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 01:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title ArduPilot Ground Control Station Out‑of‑Bounds Read in GCS_MAVLink Leading to Information Disclosure

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Out-of-Bounds Read in ArduPilot Ground Control Station Leading to Information Disclosure

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Out-of-Bounds Read in ArduPilot Ground Control Station Leading to Information Disclosure
References

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Out-of-Bounds Read in ArduPilot Plane GCS_MAVLink Module

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Out-of-Bounds Read in ArduPilot Plane GCS_MAVLink Module

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 01:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title ArduPilot Plane GCS_MAVLink Out-of-Bounds Read in handle_serial_control

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title ArduPilot Plane GCS_MAVLink Out-of-Bounds Read in handle_serial_control

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-125
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title ArduPilot Plane out-of-bounds read in GCS_MAVLink serial control handling
Weaknesses CWE-125

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 02:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title ArduPilot Plane out-of-bounds read in GCS_MAVLink serial control handling
Weaknesses CWE-125

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 18:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Out-of-Bounds Read in ArduPilot GCS_MAVLINK handle_serial_control Function
Weaknesses CWE-125

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 10:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Out-of-Bounds Read in ArduPilot GCS_MAVLINK handle_serial_control Function
Weaknesses CWE-125

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title ArduPilot Plane GCS Serial Control Out-of-Bounds Read
Weaknesses CWE-125

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title ArduPilot Plane GCS Serial Control Out-of-Bounds Read
Weaknesses CWE-125

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title ArduPilot GCS MAVLink Out-of-Bounds Read in Plane-4.6.3
Weaknesses CWE-125

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title ArduPilot GCS MAVLink Out-of-Bounds Read in Plane-4.6.3
Weaknesses CWE-125

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 22:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Ardupilot
Ardupilot ardupilot
Vendors & Products Ardupilot
Ardupilot ardupilot

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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().
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2026-07-02T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-07-09T14:06:35.563Z

Reserved: 2026-04-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2026-38971

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-06T17:08:58.411Z

cve-icon NVD

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cve-icon Redhat

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