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CVE-2019-16294

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Date: September 14, 2019

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.

Language: C++

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (6)

Url: https://github.com/bi7s/CVE/tree/master/CVE-2019-16294

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16294

Url: https://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaHistory.html

Url: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154706/Notepad-Code-Execution-Denial-Of-Service.html

Url: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v7.7.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2019-16294

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-787

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version v7.7

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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