CVE-2022-37372: PDF-Xchange Editor

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of PDF files. Crafted data in a PDF file can trigger a write 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-17809.

Affected products

• PDF-Xchange PDF-Xchange Editor: version 9.3.361.0 only

Published 2023-03-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.