CVE-2026-48741 PUBLISHED

libIEC61850: Remote NULL dereference in MMS Read alternate-access sub-array path leads to server-side DoS

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 22.05.2026 Published: 16.10.2026 Updated: 16.10.2026

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, alternateArrayAccess in src/mms/iso_mms/server/mms_read_service.c does not validate an alternate-access sub-array range when numberOfElements is greater than zero. An out-of-range MmsValue_getElement call returns NULL, and the sub-array branch passes that value to MmsValue_isDeletable, causing a NULL pointer dereference. A remote MMS Read request can therefore crash servers whose data models contain arrays, while the single-element error path handles the same invalid index safely. This issue is fixed in version 1.6.2.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.5

Product Status

Vendor mz-automation
Product libiec61850
Versions
  • Version < 1.6.2 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-129: Improper Validation of Array Index CWE
  • CWE-252: Unchecked Return Value CWE
  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference CWE
  • CWE-754: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions CWE