Vulnerability CVE-2022-42403


Published: 2023-01-26

Description:
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. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-18892.

 References:
https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor/history
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1391/

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