CVE•Published 2026-07-29•Modified 2026-07-29•0 articles on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-40272
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
7.0
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Improper Input Validation in the decode() function of the traceparser library could allow an attacker with a corrupted kernel trace event log (.kev) file, to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash in processes that use libtraceparser in QNX hosts or targets.
Timeline
Published 2026-07-29
Modified 2026-07-29
External references
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Known PoCs on GitHub
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