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 U3D files. Crafted data in a U3D file can trigger a read 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-18347.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1354/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0029
EPSS Percentile
51.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-125
Status
published
Products (1)
pdf-xchange/pdf-xchange_editor
< 9.5.366.0
Published
Jan 26, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026