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CVE-2022-42402
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2023-01-26T18:59:57.210 · Last modified 2026-06-17T05:04:51.600

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 PDF files. Crafted data in an embedded U3D object 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-18632.

Affected products

pdf-xchange — pdf-xchange_editor

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References

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