CVE-2023-40471 : faille élevée pdf-xchange pdf-tools (CVSS 7.8)

PDF-XChange Editor App Untrusted Pointer Dereference 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 handling of App objects. 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-20729.

Sévérité

Élevée (CVSS 7.8)

Vecteur CVSS

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

Exploitation active

Non signalée par la CISA

Publication

3 mai 2024

Dernière mise à jour

17 juin 2026

• pdf-xchange pdf-tools
• pdf-xchange pdf-xchange editor

• Fiche CVE-2023-40471 sur le NVD (NIST)
• zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1150/