CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-42417
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-01-26
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125
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 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-18676.
Affected configurations
• pdf-xchange pdf-xchange editor (< 9.5.366.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness
References
- https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor/history Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1386/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor/history Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1386/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry