CVE-2026-48490

ArduinoCore-AVR: Stack-Based Buffer Overflow in String float/double concatenation handler

MEDIUM
6.9
CVSS Score
Published: September 11, 2026 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: September 30, 2026 at 07:57 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorArduinoCore-avr

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Severity
MEDIUM6.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

ArduinoCore-avr contains the source code and configuration files of the Arduino AVR Boards platform. A vulnerability in versions prior to 1.8.8 allows an attacker to trigger a stack-based buffer overflow when concatenating floating-point values of sufficiently large magnitude onto an Arduino String object. By passing values near the extremes of the float or double range to `String::concat(float)`, `String::concat(double)`, `String::operator+=()`, or the `+` operator with a float/double operand, `dtostrf()` writes beyond the fixed-size stack buffer, causing memory corruption and denial of service. Under specific conditions, this could enable arbitrary code execution on AVR-based Arduino boards. The fix is included starting from the `1.8.8 `release.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.8.8
Affected range stops below 1.8.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

6.9MEDIUMGitHub_M
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Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-120

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