{"id":"CVE-2023-40472","aliases":["EUVD-2023-45043","GHSA-cr45-2cwv-7v3m"],"status":"published","title":"PDF-XChange Editor JavaScript String Untrusted Pointer Dereference Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","description":"PDF-XChange Editor JavaScript String 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 handling of strings. 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-20730.","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":0.00394,"percentile":0.34104,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-822"],"published":"2024-05-03T02:11:09Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:18:01Z","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-23-1149/","tags":["x_research-advisory","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40472"},{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1149"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cr45-2cwv-7v3m"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-40472","title":"PDF-XChange Editor JavaScript String Untrusted Pointer Dereference Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","description":"PDF-XChange Editor JavaScript String 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 handling of strings. 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-20730.","status":"published","published":"2024-05-03T02:11:09.022Z","modified":"2024-08-02T18:31:54.021Z","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":"2026-11-02T14:35:22.309324Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-45043","description":"PDF-XChange Editor JavaScript String Untrusted Pointer Dereference Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. 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An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-20730.","status":"published","published":"2024-05-03T03:30:58Z","modified":"2024-05-03T03:31:22Z","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":"2026-11-02T14:57:17.729082Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-40472","description":"PDF-XChange Editor JavaScript String 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 handling of strings. 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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