PT-2018-17560 · Pdf Xchange · Pdf-Xchange Viewer+1

Sebastian Feldmann · Published 2018-01-31 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-6462

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PDF-XChange Viewer and Viewer AX SDK versions prior to 2.5.322.8

Description The issue arises from the mishandling of conversion from YCC to RGB color spaces, where calculations are based on 1 bit per component (bpc) instead of 8 bpc. This could potentially allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through a crafted PDF document.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.5.322.8, update to version 2.5.322.8 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-6462

Affected Products

Pdf-Xchange Viewer

Viewer Ax Sdk

References · 4

• https://tracker-software.com/company/news_press_events/view/179 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-6462 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6462 · Security Note
• https://herolab.usd.de/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2018/07/usd20180019.txt · Note