Critical
Security advisory
An issue has been found in libIEC61850 v1.3. It is a stack-based buffer overflow in prepareGooseBuffer in goose/goose_publisher.c.
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- Affected versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-18957
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- 31 Oct 2026, 10:28 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An issue has been found in libIEC61850 v1.3. It is a stack-based buffer overflow in prepareGooseBuffer in goose/goose_publisher.c.
osv:CVE-2018-18957
Complete source record
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