CVE-2023-42050
MEDIUMPDF-XChange Editor - Use-After-Free in EMF File Parsing
Title source: llmDescription
PDF-XChange Editor EMF File Parsing Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability. 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 EMF files. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-20921.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_research-advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1349/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://www.tracker-software.com/support/security-bulletins.html
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0059
EPSS Percentile
69.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-416
Status
published
Products (2)
pdf-xchange/pdf-tools
9.5.368.0
pdf-xchange/pdf-xchange_editor
9.5.368.0
Published
May 03, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026