CVE-2025-69209

NameCVE-2025-69209
DescriptionArduinoCore-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/)
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
arduino-core-avr (PTS)bullseye1.8.3+dfsg1-1vulnerable
bookworm1.8.6+dfsg-1vulnerable
forky, sid, trixie1.8.6+dfsg-2vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
arduino-core-avrsource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/arduino/ArduinoCore-avr/security/advisories/GHSA-pvx3-fm7w-6hjm
https://github.com/arduino/ArduinoCore-avr/pull/613
Fixed by (merge): https://github.com/arduino/ArduinoCore-avr/commit/82a8ad2fb33911d8927c7af22e0472b94325d1a7 (1.8.7)
https://support.arduino.cc/hc/en-us/articles/24985906702748-ASEC-26-001-ArduinoCore-AVR-v1-8-7-Resolves-Stack-Based-Buffer-Overflow-Vulnerability

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