CVE-2024-8818 — Use After Free in Editor
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.9%
top 24.76%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedNov 22
Description
PDF-XChange Editor U3D File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. 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…
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