CVE-2022-42419
Assigner: zdi
Published: 2023-01-26T00:00:00
State: PUBLISHED
descriptions: value: 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 TIF files. Crafted data in a TIF 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-18700.
affected: vendor: PDF-XChange
product: PDF-XChange Editor
versions: version: 9.4.363.0
status: affected
credits: value: Rocco Calvi (@TecR0c) with TecSecurity
metrics: cvssV3_0: version: 3.0
vectorString: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
attackVector: LOCAL
attackComplexity: LOW
privilegesRequired: NONE
userInteraction: REQUIRED
scope: UNCHANGED
confidentialityImpact: HIGH
integrityImpact: HIGH
availabilityImpact: HIGH
baseScore: 7.8
baseSeverity: HIGH
problemTypes: descriptions: type: CWE
description: CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
cweId: CWE-787