A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Tracker Software PDF-XChange Editor (affected version unknown). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component PDF File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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 PDF files. Crafted data in a PDF 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-18315.

The weakness was released 10/18/2022 as ZDI-22-1340. The advisory is shared for download at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-42409 since 10/03/2022. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

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• Document Reader Software

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• Tracker Software

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• PDF-XChange Editor

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