BACnet Stack: Out-of-Bounds Read in ReadPropertyMultiple Property Decoder via Deprecated Tag Parser

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41503",
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    "title": "BACnet Stack: Out-of-Bounds Read in ReadPropertyMultiple Property Decoder via Deprecated Tag Parser",
    "summary": "BACnet Stack is a BACnet open source protocol stack C library for embedded systems. Prior to 1.4.3, an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in bacnet-stack's ReadPropertyMultiple service property decoder allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read past allocated buffer boundaries by sending an RPM request with a truncated property list. The vulnerability stems from rpm_decode_object_property() calling the deprecated decode_tag_number_and_value() function at src/bacnet/rpm.c:344, which accepts no buffer length parameter and reads blindly from whatever pointer it receives. A crafted BACnet/IP packet with a 1-byte property payload containing an extended tag marker (0xF9) causes the decoder to read 1 byte past the end of the buffer, leading to crashes on embedded BACnet devices. The vulnerability exists in src/bacnet/rpm.c and affects any deployment that enables the ReadPropertyMultiple confirmed service handler (enabled by default in the reference server). This vulnerability is fixed in 1.4.3.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:51.388526365Z",
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  "published_at": "2026-04-24T19:41:44.071+00:00"
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