What is CVE-2019-6138?

CVE-2019-6138 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mz-Automation Libiec61850, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-01-11.

How severe is CVE-2019-6138?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mz-Automation Libiec61850

CVE-2019-6138

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.

EPSS: 0.015 (70.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Mz-automation Libiec61850 — versions 1.3.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-6138?: CVE-2019-6138 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mz-Automation Libiec61850, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-01-11.
How severe is CVE-2019-6138?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.