cve-2022-42420
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-01-26 00:00
Modified
2025-03-31 17:38
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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-CAN-18686.
References
zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.comhttps://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor/historyRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.comhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1388/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor/historyRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1388/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
PDF-XChange PDF-XChange Editor Version: 9.4.363.0
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