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NotepadPlusPlus: Out-of-bounds Write (CVE-2019-16294)

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NotepadPlusPlus: Out-of-bounds Write (CVE-2019-16294)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/14/2019
Created
12/01/2020
Added
11/27/2020
Modified
11/27/2020

Description

SciLexer.dll in Scintilla in Notepad++ (x64) before 7.7 allows remote code execution or denial of service via Unicode characters in a crafted .ml file.

Solution(s)

  • notepadplusplus-upgrade-7_7

References

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