CVE-2026-48741libIEC61850: Remote NULL dereference in MMS Read alternate-access sub-array path leads to server-side DoS
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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.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-129, CWE-252, CWE-476, CWE-754
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Oct 16, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 16, 2026
Affected products
mz-automation libiec61850 mz_automation:libiec61850 (from the name) | before 1.6.2 | CNA record |
References
- https://github.com/mz-automation/libiec61850/security/advisories/GHSA-8mfr-hq64-9w33x-refsource-confirm
- https://github.com/mz-automation/libiec61850/commit/7c15310405def00cac628ebde4ce1404bfb8a411x-refsource-misc
- https://github.com/mz-automation/libiec61850/releases/tag/v1.6.2x-refsource-misc
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