CVE-2026-5496 — Type Confusion in Electronics Proteus

CWE-843 — Type Confusion2 documents2 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 84.42%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Labcenter Electronics Proteus
Timeline
PublishedApr 11

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,…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

▶CVEListV5labcenter_electronics/proteus8.17 SP5

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-vg79-f5m5-mw2x: Labcenter Electronics Proteus PDSPRJ File Parsing Type Confusion Remote Code Execution Vulnerability↗2026-04-11
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