CVE-2022-43618: Corel Coreldraw

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Corel CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 23.5.0.506. 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 PCX files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a write past the end of an allocated object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-16377.

Affected products

• Corel Coreldraw: before 24.2.1 (fixed in 24.2.1)

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