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HIGH

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor

Published Jan 26, 2023

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. 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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Remediation

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Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED
Assigner zdi
Published Jan 26, 2023
Updated Apr 1, 2025
Reserved Oct 3, 2022

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated Apr 1, 2025

NVD

Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026

Red Hat

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ENISA EUVD

Assigner zdi
Published Jan 26, 2023
Updated Apr 1, 2025

GitHub

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