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CVE-2022-42386

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-42386 is a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability affecting PDF-XChange Editor, specifically within its U3D file parsing component. A remote attacker can exploit this by crafting a malicious U3D file that, when opened by a user, triggers a read past the end of an allocated buffer. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity requiring user interaction, and primarily impacts confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 9.5.366.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pdf-xchange:pdf-xchange_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

3.3LOW

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
25.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0033 is in the 32nd percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

tracker-software.com / product/pdf-xchange-editor/history
Vendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-22-1377
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry