{"id":"CVE-2023-27342","aliases":["EUVD-2023-31118","GHSA-m3h3-ghpx-m4xp"],"status":"published","title":"PDF-XChange Editor EMF File Parsing Untrusted Pointer Dereference Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","description":"PDF-XChange Editor EMF File Parsing Untrusted Pointer Dereference Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. 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.\n\nThe specific flaw exists within the parsing of EMF 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-18766.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00501,"percentile":0.43403,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-822"],"published":"2024-05-03T01:56:02Z","modified":"2026-06-17T05:44:49Z","products":[{"vendor":"pdf-xchange","product":"pdf-tools"},{"vendor":"pdf-xchange","product":"pdf-xchange editor"},{"vendor":"pdf-xchange","product":"pdf-xchange_editor"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-354/","tags":["x_research-advisory","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor/history","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_transferred","Release Notes"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27342"},{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-354"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m3h3-ghpx-m4xp"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-27342","title":"PDF-XChange Editor EMF File Parsing Untrusted Pointer Dereference Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","description":"PDF-XChange Editor EMF File Parsing Untrusted Pointer Dereference Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. 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.\n\nThe specific flaw exists within the parsing of EMF 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-18766.","status":"published","published":"2024-05-03T01:56:02.817Z","modified":"2024-08-02T12:09:43.402Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-822"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:26.63732Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-31118","description":"PDF-XChange Editor EMF File Parsing Untrusted Pointer Dereference Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. 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.\n\nThe specific flaw exists within the parsing of EMF 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-18766.","status":"published","published":"2024-05-03T01:56:02Z","modified":"2024-08-02T12:09:43Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T03:50:06.766939Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-m3h3-ghpx-m4xp","title":"PDF-XChange Editor EMF File Parsing Untrusted Pointer Dereference Remote Code Execution...","description":"PDF-XChange Editor EMF File Parsing Untrusted Pointer Dereference Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. 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.\n\nThe specific flaw exists within the parsing of EMF 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-18766.","status":"published","published":"2024-05-03T03:30:49Z","modified":"2024-05-03T03:31:05Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-822"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:57:16.118135Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-27342","description":"PDF-XChange Editor EMF File Parsing Untrusted Pointer Dereference Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. 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.\n\nThe specific flaw exists within the parsing of EMF files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied value prior to dereferencing it as a pointer. 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