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TI-2025-42663 Aliases CVE-2025-69209

ArduinoCore-avr has Stack-Based Buffer Overflow in WString Float/Double Constructors

Priority LOW 30CWE-120Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-120 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

ArduinoCore-avr contains the source code and configuration files of the Arduino AVR Boards platform. A vulnerability in versions prior to 1.8.7 allows an attacker to trigger a stack-based buffer overflow when converting floating-point values to strings with high precision. By passing very large `decimalPlaces` values to the affected String constructors or concat methods, the `dtostrf` function writes beyond fixed-size stack buffers, causing memory corruption and denial of service. Under specific conditions, this could enable arbitrary code execution on AVR-based Arduino boards. ### Patches - The Fix is included starting from the `1.8.7` release available from the following link [ArduinoCore-avr v1.8.7](https://github.com/arduino/ArduinoCore-avr) - The Fixing Commit is available at the following link [1a6a417f89c8901dad646efce74ae9d3ddebfd59](https://github.com/arduino/ArduinoCore-avr/pull/613/commits/1a6a417f89c8901dad646efce74ae9d3ddebfd59) ### References - [ASEC-26-001 ArduinoCore-avr vXXXX Resolves Buffer Overflow Vulnerability](https://support.arduino.cc/hc/en-us/articles/XXXXX) ### Credits - Maxime Rossi Bellom and Ramtine Tofighi Shirazi from SecMate (https://secmate.dev/)

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00177 7th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed ArduinoCore-avr (arduino): 1.8.7

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
arduinoArduinoCore-avrbefore 1.8.71.8.7Patch availableCNA
  • ArduinoCore-avr Vendorarduino Affected before 1.8.7 Fixed in 1.8.7 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA ArduinoCore-avr (arduino) Fixed in 1.8.7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-69209

References

  • TI-2026-35852 ArduinoCore-AVR: Stack-Based Buffer Overflow in String float/double concatenation handler CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2023-23493 Path traversal in Arduino Create Agent CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2023-23491 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in Arduino Create Agent CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2026-20963 Arduino App Lab has Improper Data Validation in Internal Terminal Interface CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2023-23494 Path traversal in Arduino Create Agent CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2023-23492 Path traversal in Arduino Create Agent CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
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Sources

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