First published: Thu Jan 26 2023(Updated: )
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information 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. Crafted data in an EMF file can trigger a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process.
Credit: zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Tracker-software Pdf-xchange Editor | <9.5.366.0 | |
PDF-XChange PDF-XChange Editor | ||
PDF-XChange PDF-XChange Editor | <9.5.366.0 |
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The vulnerability ID for this vulnerability is CVE-2022-42407.
The severity of CVE-2022-42407 is rated as medium (5.5).
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor.
User interaction is required to exploit CVE-2022-42407, such as visiting a malicious page or opening a malicious file.
To fix CVE-2022-42407, update PDF-XChange Editor to version 9.5.366.0 or above.