CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-42042
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2024-05-03
- 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
PDF-XChange Editor App Object 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 handling of App objects. 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-20848.
Affected configurations
• pdf-xchange pdf-tools 9.5.368.0
• pdf-xchange pdf-xchange editor 9.5.368.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness
References
- https://www.tracker-software.com/support/security-bulletins.html Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1355/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.tracker-software.com/support/security-bulletins.html Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1355/ Third Party Advisory