CVE-2019-16294 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2019-09-14

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 13.6% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:notepad-plus-plus:notepad\+\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:scintilla:scintilla:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.13617.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154706/Notepad-Code-Execution-Denial-Of-Service.html
https://github.com/bi7s/CVE/tree/master/CVE-2019-16294
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v7.7.html
https://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaHistory.html

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Notepad-plus-plus Notepad\+\+

Scintilla Scintilla

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-09-14T15:39:57.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T01:10:41.720Z

Reserved: 2019-09-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-16294

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-09-14T16:15:10.540

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:30:28.320

Link: CVE-2019-16294

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-787

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