🛡️ CVE-2023-42087
🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-125 NVD
5.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

PDF-XChange Editor EMF File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information 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 EMF files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated object. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-22064.

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-125
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-05-03
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2025-05-16
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
pdf-tools
pdf-xchange-editor

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