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 EMF 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-18367.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: zdi
Published: 2023-01-26T00:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-03T13:10:40.375Z
Reserved: 2022-10-03T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2022-42405
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2023-01-26T18:59:57.417
Modified: 2024-11-21T07:24:54.477
Link: CVE-2022-42405
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