CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-8826

7.8 HIGH Published 2024-11-22 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2024-11-22
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 XPS 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 XPS 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 object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-24305.

Affected configurations

• pdf-xchange pdf-tools 10.3.0.386 • pdf-xchange pdf-xchange editor 10.3.0.386

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness

References