{"id":"CVE-2022-42379","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-42379","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:42:40.349Z","title":"This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor.","description":"This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of U3D files. Crafted data in a U3D file can trigger a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-18648.","published":"2023-01-26T18:59:55.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:04:49.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-125"],"affected":["pdf-xchange/pdf-xchange editor"],"epss":{"score":0.0036,"percentile":0.29499,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor/history","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com"},{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1370/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com"},{"url":"https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor/history","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1370/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42379","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}