CVE-2025-6660

HIGH

Pdf-xchange Pdf-tools - Heap Buffer Overflow

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

PDF-XChange Editor GIF File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. 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 GIF files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-26763.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_research-advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-443/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 45.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/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-122
Status published
Products (3)
pdf-xchange/pdf-tools 10.5.2.395
pdf-xchange/pdf-xchange_editor 10.5.2.395
pdf-xchange/pdf-xchange_pro 10.5.2.395
Published Jun 25, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026