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CVE-2022-42409

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-01-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

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. Crafted data in a PDF 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. Was ZDI-CAN-18315.

Affected products

• PDF-XChange Editor: before 9.5.366.0 — fixed in 9.5.366.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: PDF-XChange Editor 9.5.366.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor/history
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1340/
• https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor/history
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1340/

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