CVE-2022-37372

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-03-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

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-17809.

Affected products

PDF-XChange Editor: 9.3.361.0

References

https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor/history
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1100/
https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor/history
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1100/

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