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CVE-2025-69209
January 21, 2026
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/)
Affected Packages
https://github.com/arduino/ArduinoCore-avr.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=1.6.21 <1.8.7
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.8.7
Additional Notes
The description of this vulnerability differs from MITRE.
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6.9
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
6.2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
EPSS
Base Score:
0.02