CVE-2023-40470 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in PDF-XChange Editor and PDF-XChange PDF-Tools, specifically impacting JP2 file parsing. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) requires user interaction, such as opening a malicious file, to disclose sensitive information. While it could potentially be chained with other vulnerabilities for arbitrary code execution, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.5.367.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pdf-xchange:pdf-tools:9.5.367.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.5.367.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pdf-xchange:pdf-xchange_editor:9.5.367.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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