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CVE-2022-42396

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2023-01-26 Modified: 2026-06-17

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 XPS files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied value prior to dereferencing it as a pointer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-18278.

Affected Platforms

Pdf-Xchange Pdf-Xchange Editor

Weakness Type

CWE-822, CWE-119

References