CVE-2024-8843

Summary

CVE-2024-8843 is a newly disclosed vulnerability affecting PDF-XChange Editor. This issue is an Out-of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure vulnerability in the JB2 file parsing function. remote attackers can exploit this flaw by crafting malicious pages or files to disclose sensitive information from affected installations. The root cause is the lack of adequate data validation, leading to reading beyond the allocated object. While this vulnerability does not directly enable code execution, it can be combined with other weaknesses for more severe exploitation. (ZDI-CAN-24495)

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