CVE-2025-2231: PDF-XChange Editor RTF File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…

PriorityP340high7.8CVSS 3.0

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.27%

18.6th percentile

PDF-XChange Editor RTF File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read 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 RTF files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in 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-25473.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
pdf-xchange	pdf-tools	—	—
pdf-xchange	pdf-xchange_editor	—	—
pdf-xchange	pdf-xchange_editor	—	—

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