cvelistv5 - CVE-2022-42419

CVE-2022-42419

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2023-01-26 00:00

Modified

2024-08-03 13:10

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-18700.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com	https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor/history	Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
	zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com	https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1389/	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	PDF-XChange	PDF-XChange Editor

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