CVE-2022-42418 — Untrusted Pointer Dereference in Editor

CWE-822 — Untrusted Pointer DereferenceCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.6%
top 18.40%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Pdf-xchange Editor
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 TIF files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied value prior to dereferencing it as a pointer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context…

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

▶CVEListV5pdf-xchange/pdf-xchange_editor9.4.363.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
CVEList
CVE-2022-42418: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor↗2023-01-26
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GHSA
GHSA-3jr6-jfqc-mjcf: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor↗2023-01-26
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