CVE-2026-29079 (GCVE-0-2026-29079)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-13 17:19 – Updated: 2026-03-16 17:05
VLAI
Title
Type Confusion in Lexbor Fragment Parser
Summary
Lexbor is a web browser engine library. Prior to 2.7.0, a type‑confusion vulnerability exists in Lexbor’s HTML fragment parser. When ns = UNDEF, a comment is created using the “unknown element” constructor. The comment’s data are written into the element’s fields via an unsafe cast, corrupting the qualified_name field. That corrupted value is later used as a pointer and dereferenced near the zero page. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.7.0.
Severity
8.2 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-843 - Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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lexbor lexbor Affected: < 2.7.0
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