CVE-2025-69209

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Una vulnerabilidad en versiones anteriores a la 1.8.7 permite a un atacante activar un desbordamiento de b\u00fafer basado en pila al convertir valores de punto flotante a cadenas con alta precisi\u00f3n. Al pasar valores `decimalPlaces` muy grandes a los constructores de String o m\u00e9todos concat afectados, la funci\u00f3n `dtostrf` escribe m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de los b\u00faferes de pila de tama\u00f1o fijo, causando corrupci\u00f3n de memoria y denegaci\u00f3n de servicio. Bajo condiciones espec\u00edficas, esto podr\u00eda permitir la ejecuci\u00f3n de c\u00f3digo arbitrario en placas Arduino basadas en AVR.\n\n### Parches\n\n- La soluci\u00f3n est\u00e1 incluida a partir de la versi\u00f3n `1.8.7` disponible en el siguiente enlace [ArduinoCore-avr v1.8.7](https://github.com/arduino/ArduinoCore-avr)\n\n- El commit de la soluci\u00f3n est\u00e1 disponible en el siguiente enlace [1a6a417f89c8901dad646efce74ae9d3ddebfd59](https://github.com/arduino/ArduinoCore-avr/pull/613/commits/1a6a417f89c8901dad646efce74ae9d3ddebfd59)\n\n### Referencias\n\n- [ASEC-26-001 ArduinoCore-avr vXXXX Resuelve la vulnerabilidad de desbordamiento de b\u00fafer](https://support.arduino.cc/hc/en-us/articles/XXXXX)\n\n### Cr\u00e9ditos\n\n- Maxime Rossi Bellom y Ramtine Tofighi Shirazi de SecMate (https://secmate.dev/)"}], "id": "CVE-2025-69209", "lastModified": "2026-06-17T10:00:17.547", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV40": [{"cvssData": {"Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED", "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED", "Safety": "NOT_DEFINED", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackRequirements": "NONE", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED", "baseScore": 6.9, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED", "exploitMaturity": "NOT_DEFINED", "integrityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED", "modifiedAttackComplexity": "NOT_DEFINED", "modifiedAttackRequirements": "NOT_DEFINED", "modifiedAttackVector": "NOT_DEFINED", "modifiedPrivilegesRequired": "NOT_DEFINED", "modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED", "modifiedSubConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED", "modifiedSubIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED", "modifiedUserInteraction": "NOT_DEFINED", "modifiedVulnAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED", "modifiedVulnConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED", "modifiedVulnIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "providerUrgency": "NOT_DEFINED", "subAvailabilityImpact": "NONE", "subConfidentialityImpact": "NONE", "subIntegrityImpact": "NONE", "userInteraction": "NONE", "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED", "vectorString": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X", "version": "4.0", "vulnAvailabilityImpact": "HIGH", "vulnConfidentialityImpact": "NONE", "vulnIntegrityImpact": "NONE", "vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED"}, "source": "security-advisories@github.com", "type": "Secondary"}], "ssvcV203": [{"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "ssvcData": {"id": "CVE-2025-69209", "options": [{"exploitation": "none"}, {"automatable": "no"}, {"technicalImpact": "partial"}], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "timestamp": "2026-01-21T21:28:44.959537Z", "version": "2.0.3"}}]}, "published": "2026-01-21T20:16:10.280", "references": [{"source": "security-advisories@github.com", "url": "https://github.com/arduino/ArduinoCore-avr/commit/82a8ad2fb33911d8927c7af22e0472b94325d1a7"}, {"source": "security-advisories@github.com", "url": "https://github.com/arduino/ArduinoCore-avr/pull/613"}, {"source": "security-advisories@github.com", "url": "https://github.com/arduino/ArduinoCore-avr/releases/tag/1.8.7"}, {"source": "security-advisories@github.com", "url": "https://github.com/arduino/ArduinoCore-avr/security/advisories/GHSA-pvx3-fm7w-6hjm"}, {"source": "security-advisories@github.com", "url": "https://support.arduino.cc/hc/en-us/articles/24985906702748-ASEC-26-001-ArduinoCore-AVR-v1-8-7-Resolves-Stack-Based-Buffer-Overflow-Vulnerability"}], "sourceIdentifier": "security-advisories@github.com", "vulnStatus": "Deferred", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-120"}], "source": "security-advisories@github.com", "type": "Secondary"}]}

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