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 TIF files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied value prior to dereferencing it as a pointer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-18677.

Weaknesses



CWE-119


CWE-822

CVSS impact metrics


CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.8 · High

  • CVSS V3.1

  • CVSS V3.0

  • CVSS V2.0

Information


Source identifier

[email protected]

Vulnerability status

Analyzed

Published

2023-01-26T18:59:58.307

2 years ago

Last modified

2023-07-10T17:46:43.260

1 year ago