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NotepadPlusPlus: Out-of-bounds Write (CVE-2022-31901)

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NotepadPlusPlus: Out-of-bounds Write (CVE-2022-31901)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/19/2023
Created
03/17/2023
Added
03/17/2023
Modified
03/17/2023

Description

Buffer overflow in function Notepad_plus::addHotSpot in Notepad++ v8.4.3 and earlier allows attackers to crash the application via two crafted files.

Solution(s)

  • notepadplusplus-upgrade-latest

References

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