# CVE-2026-48490: ArduinoCore-AVR: Stack-Based Buffer Overflow in String float/double concatenation handler

- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.8.8
- Published: 2026-09-11 · Updated: 2026-09-14

## Affected

- arduino ArduinoCore-avr: fixed in 1.8.8

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on arduino ArduinoCore-avr, upgrade to a fixed version (1.8.8) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/arduino/ArduinoCore-avr/security/advisories/GHSA-fhp2-f8hw-mgpj
- https://github.com/arduino/ArduinoCore-avr/pull/622/changes/9492e146880d2b05d9cb9191f1bfb2c872a48404
- https://github.com/arduino/ArduinoCore-avr/releases/tag/1.8.8

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