{"id":"CVE-2025-2231","aliases":["EUVD-2025-8025","GHSA-82ff-q3cr-fjgp"],"status":"published","title":"PDF-XChange Editor RTF File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","description":"PDF-XChange Editor RTF File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read 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 user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-25473.","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":"2026-11-09","score":0.00278,"percentile":0.20407,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-125"],"published":"2025-03-24T19:45:42Z","modified":"2026-06-17T09:06:35Z","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-25-129/","tags":["x_research-advisory","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.pdf-xchange.com/support/security-bulletins.html","tags":["vendor-advisory","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2231"},{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-129"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-82ff-q3cr-fjgp"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-2231","title":"PDF-XChange Editor RTF File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","description":"PDF-XChange Editor RTF File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read 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 user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-25473.","status":"published","published":"2025-03-24T19:45:42.198Z","modified":"2025-03-24T20:05:31.236Z","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-125"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:32:38.70481Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2025-8025","description":"PDF-XChange Editor RTF File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. 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