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, parseUserInformation in src/mms/iso_acse/acse.c checks len for zero before validating the negative bufPos returned by BerDecoder_decodeLength for a truncated long-form length. The continue path therefore swallows the error, reads buffer[-1], resets parsing to the beginning, and repeats the same malformed state. An unauthenticated remote peer can send a malformed AARE PDU during association to cause an infinite CPU loop under a normal allocator or a one-byte out-of-bounds read and process abort when the preceding byte is inaccessible. This issue is fixed in version 1.6.2.
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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, parseUserInformation in src/mms/iso_acse/acse.c checks len for zero before validating the negative bufPos returned by BerDecoder_decodeLength for a truncated long-form length. The continue path therefore swallows the error, reads buffer[-1], resets parsing to the beginning, and repeats the same malformed state. An unauthenticated remote peer can send a malformed AARE PDU during association to cause an infinite CPU loop under a normal allocator or a one-byte out-of-bounds read and process abort when the preceding byte is inaccessible. This issue is fixed in version 1.6.2. | |
| Title | libIEC61850: Infinite loop and out-of-bounds read in ACSE parseUserInformation when parsing a malformed AARE PDU | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-125 CWE-835 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-10-16T15:49:32.595Z
Reserved: 2026-07-31T21:04:04.040Z
Link: CVE-2026-68906
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-10-16T16:20:00.793
Modified: 2026-10-16T20:04:29.760
Link: CVE-2026-68906
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Updated: 2026-10-17T19:15:13Z