CVE-2022-42382 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting PDF-XChange Editor, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This flaw, a write-past-end-of-buffer in U3D file parsing, requires user interaction, such as opening a malicious file or visiting a malicious page, to trigger. With a CVSS score of 7.8, successful exploitation grants an attacker code execution within the current process's context. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 9.5.366.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pdf-xchange:pdf-xchange_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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