Vulnerability · CVE-2025-6661
PDF-XChange Editor App Object Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.
Published Jun 25, 2025 · catalog updated Jun 26, 2025 · PDF-XChange PDF-XChange Editor
Check this week
CVE-2025-6661 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 29.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run PDF-XChange PDF-XChange Editor.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High7.8
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 29.00%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- vendor PDF-XChange PDF-XChange Editor 10.5.2.395
PDF-XChange Editor App Object Use-After-Free 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. The specific flaw exists within the handling of App objects. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the curren
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- vendor PDF-XChange PDF-XChange Editor 10.5.2.39510.5.2.395
How to fix CVE-2025-6661
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2025-6661 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 29.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run PDF-XChange PDF-XChange Editor.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with PDF-XChange PDF-XChange Editor 10.5.2.395 10.5.2.395. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 29.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jun 25, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
PDF-XChange Editor App Object Use-After-Free 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. The specific flaw exists within the handling of App objects. The iss
Jun 26, 2025 · EUVD
Updated
PDF-XChange Editor App Object Use-After-Free 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. The specific flaw exists within the handling of App objects. The iss
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-6661
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-19163
PDF-XChange Editor App Object Use-After-Free 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 mu
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Jun 26, 2025. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.