CVE-2022-37359 (GCVE-0-2022-37359)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-29 00:00 – Updated: 2025-02-18 16:54
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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 J2K files. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-17633.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
zdi
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
PDF-XChange PDF-XChange Editor Affected: 9.3.361.0
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Credits
Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
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