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Medium · 5.5 Public exploit CVE-2022-31902 EUVD-2022-53226GHSA-893r-9r35-x6c2

Notepad++ v8.4.1 was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the component Finder::add().

Published Feb 1, 2023 · Updated Jul 9, 2026 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Notepad++ v8.4.1 was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the component Finder::add().

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