Out-of-bounds Read in Pdf-Xchange Editor

CVE-2022-37361

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 JP2 files. Crafted data in a JP2 file can trigger a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-17674.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.007 (50.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.