CVE-2022-42401 is a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability affecting PDF-XChange Editor, specifically within its PDF parsing functionality. It carries a medium severity CVSS score of 5.5, requiring user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious PDF) for exploitation, and can lead to a read past the end of an allocated buffer. While not actively exploited or listed in CISA's KEV catalog, this flaw could be chained with other vulnerabilities for arbitrary code execution. There is currently no public exploit code available, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| 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:L/I:N/A:N
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.