Fiche vulnérabilité
CVE-2023-42045 : faille élevée pdf-xchange pdf-tools (CVSS 7.8)
Description
PDF-XChange Editor J2K File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read 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 J2K files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-20906.
En bref
- 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
Produits concernés
- pdf-xchange pdf-tools
- pdf-xchange pdf-xchange editor