CVE-2022-32168

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-32168
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-32168.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-32168
Published
2022-09-28T09:00:15Z
Modified
2026-08-12T13:01:10Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
notepad-plus-plus - DLL Hijacking
Details

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++.

Database specific 
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References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus
Events
Introduced
ae6361fa3528335fe809165956d1d78ea495575c
Fixed
ea1e9295ebf5886a02f1646a507b6ce3ec698f0d
Fixed
85d7215d9b3e0d5a8433fc31aec4f2966821051e
Database specific
Show details 
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        },
        {
            "fixed":  "8.4.5"
        }
    ],
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    ]
}

Affected versions

v8.*
v8.3
v8.3.1
v8.3.2
v8.3.3
v8.4
v8.4.1
v8.4.2
v8.4.3
v8.4.4
v8.4.5

Database specific

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