vendor:
libiec61850
by:
Dhiraj Mishra
9.8
CVSS
CRITICAL
Stack Based Buffer Overflow
119
CWE
Product Name: libiec61850
Affected Version From: 1.3
Affected Version To: 1.3
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: CVE-2018-18957
CPE: a:mz-automation:libiec61850
Metasploit:
N/A
Other Scripts:
N/A
Platforms Tested: Linux 4.15.0-38-generic
2018
libiec61850 1.3 – Stack Based Buffer Overflow
While fuzzing a stack based buffer overflow was found in libIEC61850 (the open-source library for the IEC 61850 protocols) in prepareGooseBuffer in goose/goose_publisher.c. Steps to reproduce include running the goose_publisher_example with the argument crash_goosecr_stack_smash_overflow_aaaaaaaaa. Debugging revealed that the program received a SIGABRT signal and a backtrace was provided.
Mitigation:
The vendor has released a patch to address this vulnerability.