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Low · 3.3 CVE-2022-42408 EUVD-2022-45482GHSA-8f37-rvxv-ph9h

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor. User interact…

Published Jan 26, 2023 · Updated Mar 31, 2025 · Assigned by zdi

Description

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-18543.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
PDF-XChange PDF-XChange Editor 9.4.363.0 —

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