CVE-2026-40279 PUBLISHED

BACnet Stack: Undefined-behavior signed left shift in `decode_signed32()`

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 10.04.2026 Published: 21.04.2026 Updated: 21.04.2026

BACnet Stack is a BACnet open source protocol stack C library for embedded systems. Prior to 1.4.3, decode_signed32() in src/bacnet/bacint.c reconstructs a 32-bit signed integer from four APDU bytes using signed left shifts. When any of the four bytes has bit 7 set (value ≥ 0x80), the left-shift operation overflows a signed int32_t, which is undefined behavior per the C standard. This is flagged thousands of times per minute by UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer on any BACnet input containing signed-integer property values with high-bit-set bytes. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.4.3.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS Score: 3.7

Product Status

Vendor bacnet-stack
Product bacnet-stack
Versions
  • Version < 1.4.3 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-758: Reliance on Undefined, Unspecified, or Implementation-Defined Behavior CWE