CVE-2026-68908

libIEC61850: Oversized RptID can trigger invalid free of a stack-backed visible string in the report send path

State
Published
Severity
5.3 Medium
Published
Oct 16, 2026
Updated
Oct 16, 2026
Reserved
Jul 31, 2026

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Description

libIEC61850 is an open-source implementation of IEC 61850 client and server protocols including MMS, GOOSE, Sampled Values, and R-Session. Prior to 1.6.2, Reporting_RCBWriteAccessHandler accepts an RptID longer than 129 bytes in the report-control-block write path. When GI later causes sendNextReportEntrySegment to serialize the report, the function wraps rptIdBuf[130] as a temporary MmsValue and passes it to MmsValue_setVisibleString. The setter's resize path frees the stack-backed buffer, allowing a remote client to trigger an invalid free and server crash by writing the oversized RptID and then generating a report. This issue is fixed in version 1.6.2.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-590 Free of Memory not on the Heap
  • CWE-664 Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime
  • CWE-763 Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference

Affected Products

ProductVersions
libiec61850mz-automation
  • < 1.6.2Affected

References

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