High severity · published Sep 14, 2019
CVE-2019-16294
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
7.8
CVSS
9.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)9.8% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NO
Notepad++ · Notepad-plus-plus
before 7.7 · source: NVD
SC
Scintilla · Scintilla
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16294
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16294
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154706/Notepad-Code-Execution-Denial-Of-Service.html
Exploit
https://github.com/bi7s/CVE/tree/master/CVE-2019-16294
Release Notes
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v7.7.html
Release Notes
https://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaHistory.html
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