PT-2023-5750 · Pdf Xchange · Pdf-Xchange Editor

Hades_Kito · Published 2023-01-20 · Updated 2025-05-19 · CVE-2023-39500

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 Editor (affected versions not specified)

Description This issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor. User interaction is required to exploit this issue, where the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of JPG files, resulting from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a write past the end of an allocated object. An attacker can leverage this issue to execute code in the context of the current process.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

RCE

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-06428

CVE-2023-39500

ZDI-23-1140

Affected Products

Pdf-Xchange Editor

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-39500 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1140 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39500 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-06428 · Security Note
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2023052224 · Note
• https://tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor/history · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/122914 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1787139494006710665 · Twitter Post