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Details of issue NIXPKGS-2026-0258

NIXPKGS-2026-0258
published on 15 Feb 2026
updated 3 weeks ago by @LeSuisse Activity log
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BACnet Stack WriteProperty decoding length underflow leads to OOB read and crash

BACnet Stack is a BACnet open source protocol stack C library for embedded systems. Prior to 1.5.0rc4 and 1.4.3rc2, a malformed WriteProperty request can trigger a length underflow in the BACnet stack, leading to an out‑of‑bounds read and a crash (DoS). The issue is in wp.c within wp_decode_service_request. When decoding the optional priority context tag, the code passes apdu_len - apdu_size to bacnet_unsigned_context_decode without validating that apdu_size <= apdu_len. If a truncated APDU reaches this path, apdu_len - apdu_size underflows, resulting in a large size being used for decoding and an out‑of‑bounds read. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.5.0rc4 and 1.4.3rc2.

Affected products

bacnet-stack
  • ==>= 1.5.0rc1, < 1.5.0rc4
  • ==< 1.4.3rc2

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Upstream advisory: https://github.com/bacnet-stack/bacnet-stack/security/advisories/GHSA-phjh-v45p-gmjj
Upstream patch: https://github.com/bacnet-stack/bacnet-stack/commit/4cc8067c86f26e2b08b2c8f4d27f8e07de4d4708