cve-2023-27338
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-05-03 01:55
Modified
2024-08-02 12:09
Summary
PDF-XChange Editor TIF File Parsing Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Impacted products
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