CVE-2022-42418 (GCVE-0-2022-42418)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-26 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-31 17:39
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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 TIF files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied value prior to dereferencing it as a pointer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-18677.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-822 - Untrusted Pointer Dereference
Assigner
zdi
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
PDF-XChange PDF-XChange Editor Affected: 9.4.363.0
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Credits
Rocco Calvi (@TecR0c) with TecSecurity
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