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gruez 8 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: CVE-2024-4367 – Arbitrary JavaScript execution in ...

>But it seems that the new MS Windows echosystem might be affected.

Why? Does the microsoft pdf viewer use pdf.js internally? Edge at least is based on chromium, and chromium AFAIK uses pdfium rather than pdf.js.

hulitu 8 months ago [–]

> but also seriously impacts many web- and Electron-based applications that (indirectly) use PDF.js for preview functionality.

gruez 8 months ago | [–]

Which parts of the "new MS Windows echosystem " does this apply to?

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