CVE-2022-42402: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor. User interaction is required to exploit…

PriorityP340high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.38%

29.5th percentile

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 PDF files. Crafted data in an embedded U3D object can trigger a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-18632.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
pdf-xchange	pdf-xchange_editor	< 9.5.366.0	9.5.366.0
pdf-xchange	pdf-xchange_editor	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv3.07.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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