{"id":"CVE-2025-0903","aliases":["EUVD-2025-1918","GHSA-fq6v-7fwh-v7j7"],"status":"published","title":"PDF-XChange Editor RTF File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","description":"PDF-XChange Editor RTF File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow 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 RTF files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-25421.","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":0.00595,"percentile":0.4887,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-122","CWE-787"],"published":"2025-02-11T19:57:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T08:27:20Z","products":[{"vendor":"pdf-xchange","product":"pdf-xchange editor"},{"vendor":"pdf-xchange","product":"pdf-xchange_editor"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-070/","tags":["x_research-advisory","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0903"},{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-070"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fq6v-7fwh-v7j7"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-0903","title":"PDF-XChange Editor RTF File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","description":"PDF-XChange Editor RTF File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow 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 RTF files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-25421.","status":"published","published":"2025-02-11T19:57:00.237Z","modified":"2025-02-12T14:28:48.265Z","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-122"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:32:53.81273Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2025-1918","description":"PDF-XChange Editor RTF File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow 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 RTF files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-25421.","status":"published","published":"2025-02-11T19:57:00Z","modified":"2025-02-12T14:28:48Z","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":"2026-11-03T00:03:58.784175Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-fq6v-7fwh-v7j7","title":"PDF-XChange Editor RTF File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution...","description":"PDF-XChange Editor RTF File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow 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 RTF files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-25421.","status":"published","published":"2025-02-11T21:32:07Z","modified":"2025-02-12T21:32:59Z","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-122","CWE-787"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:59:54.827515Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2025-0903","description":"PDF-XChange Editor RTF File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow 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 RTF files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-25421.","status":"published","published":"2025-02-11T20:15:34.737Z","modified":"2026-06-17T08:27:20.643Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"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":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-122","CWE-787"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:10:50.916773Z"}]}}