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Vulnerability · Published Jan 26, 2023 · Assigned by zdi

CVE-2022-42414

Low 3.3

In plain English

A low-severity use-after-free in PDF-XChange Editor from PDF-XChange. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 38% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)3.3Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 62.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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 PDF files. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-18326.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
PDF-XChange PDF-XChange Editor 9.4.362.0

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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