CVE-2022-42420 — Out-of-bounds Write in Editor
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 29.89%
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 TIF files. Crafted data in a TIF file can trigger a write 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-C…
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-2022-42420: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor↗2023-01-26
GHSA▶
GHSA-cr47-7qmc-79f4: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor↗2023-01-26