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CVE-2020-15158

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-15158 is a critical heap buffer overflow vulnerability affecting mz-automation libIEC61850 versions prior to 1.4.3. This flaw occurs when a crafted COTP message with a length field value less than 4 triggers an integer underflow, leading to a heap buffer overflow. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction, potentially resulting in application crashes or remote code execution. While no public exploits or active exploitation have been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the severe impact necessitates immediate patching to version 1.4.3 or applying the specified commit as a workaround.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.4.0, < 1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mz-automation:libiec61850:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.7HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.3
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0204 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / mz-automation/libiec61850/commit/033ab5b6488250c8c3b838f25a7cbc3e099230bb
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / mz-automation/libiec61850/issues/250
Third Party Advisory
github.com / mz-automation/libiec61850/security/advisories/GHSA-pq77-fmf7-hjw8
Third Party Advisory