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 a PDF 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-18328.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: zdi

Published: 2023-01-26T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:10:40.431Z

Reserved: 2022-10-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2022-42400

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-26T18:59:57.077

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:24:53.850

Link: CVE-2022-42400

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