CVE-2022-42374 — Use After Free in Editor
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 47.96%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 26
Description
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor. 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 U3D files. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the contex…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages2 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
2CVEList▶
CVE-2022-42374: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor↗2023-01-26
GHSA▶
GHSA-m89g-9pp2-34qm: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor↗2023-01-26