Security context
What an agent needs to avoid regressing past fixes and find the next vuln in this repo.
arduino/arduino
master @ a0df6e0
14
Fixes
9
CVEs
CRITICAL
Peak severity
66.7%
Coverage
Highlights
Memory Corruption: 3 prior fixes. Scrutinize any change in this area.
arduino-core: most-fixed (4 issues). Treat as high-risk during review.
11 high-severity fixes in this history; regressions here are high-impact.
Recurring patterns
The bug types that recur here, drawn from past fixes, not open vulnerabilities.
Signature Validation Bypass: Attackers can bypass validation checks on remote package indexes or metadata, allowing malicious package definitions to be loaded and third-party pre/post installation scripts to be executed without authorization.
Command Injection: Improper argument quoting on Windows platforms during external process execution allows attackers to inject arbitrary commands through maliciously crafted path strings.
Memory Corruption: Integer overflows and insufficient bounds checking in base string-manipulation methods (like String::remove and String::concat) can result in stack-based buffer overflows or out-of-bounds writes on target microcontrollers.