Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-758

Reliance on Undefined, Unspecified, or Implementation-Defined Behavior

The product uses an API function, data structure, or other entity in a way that relies on properties that are not always guaranteed to hold for that entity.

CVE-2026-40279 (GCVE-0-2026-40279)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-21 16:29 – Updated: 2026-04-21 19:18
VLAI
Title
BACnet Stack: Undefined-behavior signed left shift in `decode_signed32()`
Summary
BACnet Stack is a BACnet open source protocol stack C library for embedded systems. Prior to 1.4.3, decode_signed32() in src/bacnet/bacint.c reconstructs a 32-bit signed integer from four APDU bytes using signed left shifts. When any of the four bytes has bit 7 set (value ≥ 0x80), the left-shift operation overflows a signed int32_t, which is undefined behavior per the C standard. This is flagged thousands of times per minute by UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer on any BACnet input containing signed-integer property values with high-bit-set bytes. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.4.3.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-758 - Reliance on Undefined, Unspecified, or Implementation-Defined Behavior
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