High
Security advisory
An issue has been found in libIEC61850 v1.3.1. Memory_malloc and Memory_calloc in hal/memory/lib_memory.c have memory leaks when called from mms/iso_mms/common/mms_value.c, server/mms_mapping/mms_mapping.c, and server/mms_mapping/mms_sv.c (via common/string_utilities.c), as demonstrated by iec61850_9_2_LE_example.c.
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- Affected versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2019-6138
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:46 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An issue has been found in libIEC61850 v1.3.1. Memory_malloc and Memory_calloc in hal/memory/lib_memory.c have memory leaks when called from mms/iso_mms/common/mms_value.c, server/mms_mapping/mms_mapping.c, and server/mms_mapping/mms_sv.c (via common/string_utilities.c), as demonstrated by iec61850_9_2_LE_example.c.
osv:CVE-2019-6138
Complete source record
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