CVE-2018-6462 is a critical vulnerability affecting Tracker PDF-XChange Viewer and Viewer AX SDK versions prior to 2.5.322.8. It stems from an incorrect color space conversion (YCC to RGB) that calculates on 1 bpc instead of 8 bpc, potentially allowing remote code execution through a specially crafted PDF document. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk, as it can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.5.322.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tracker-software:pdf-xchange_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.5.322.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tracker-software:viewer_ax_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.