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Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-5496

Labcenter Electronics Proteus

Labcenter Electronics Proteus PDSPRJ File Parsing Type Confusion Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVSS 3.0
7.8High

Official description

Labcenter Electronics Proteus PDSPRJ File Parsing Type Confusion Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Labcenter Electronics Proteus. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of PDSPRJ files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a type confusion condition. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-25717.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
7.8High 3.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (zdi) CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Labcenter Electronics Proteus 8.17 SP5 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

1
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Details

Published
2026-04-11
Last updated
2026-04-13
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
zdi

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.25%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
16.7%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-843
    Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')