CVE-2023-42059
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-05-03 02:12
Modified
2024-08-02 19:16
Summary
PDF-XChange Editor U3D File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Impacted products
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