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High · 7.8 CVE-2022-32168 EUVD-2022-53398GHSA-32p8-qq6w-3v8c

notepad-plus-plus - DLL Hijacking

Published Sep 28, 2022 · Updated May 21, 2025 · Assigned by Mend

Description

Notepad++ versions 8.4.1 and before are vulnerable to DLL hijacking where an attacker can replace the vulnerable dll (UxTheme.dll) with his own dll and run arbitrary code in the context of Notepad++.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
notepad-plus-plus notepad-plus-plus v8.3 – < unspecified, unspecified – ≤ v8.4.4 unspecified

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