CVE-2022-42418EPSS p32.5%
CVE-2022-42418CVE-2022-42418
pdf-xchange / 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 TIF files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied value prior to dereferencing it as a pointer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-18677.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.41% probability of exploitation · percentile 32.5% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |