CVE-2023-6401

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6401
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-6401.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-6401
Published
2023-11-30T14:31:04.006Z
Modified
2026-07-15T01:49:15.404666860Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
NotePad++ dbghelp.exe uncontrolled search path
Details

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in NotePad++ up to 8.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file dbghelp.exe. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. An attack has to be approached locally. The identifier VDB-246421 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-427"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/6xxx/CVE-2023-6401.json",
    "cna_assigner": "VulDB",
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "8.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "8.1"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.1"
                }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
        }
    ]
}
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
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
33d7712337e240913a16bdb01e0d61c236b2b6df
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:notepad-plus-plus:notepad\\+\\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "8.1"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
}

Affected versions

7.*
7.2.2
7.3.1
v5.*
v5.4.2
v5.4.3
v5.4.4
v5.4.5
v5.5
v5.5.1
v5.6
v5.6.1
v5.6.2
v5.6.3
v5.6.4
v5.6.5
v5.6.6
v5.6.7
v5.6.8
v5.7
v5.8
v5.8.1
v5.8.2
v5.8.3
v5.8.4
v5.8.5
v5.8.6
v5.8.7
v5.9
v5.9.1
v5.9.2
v5.9.3
v5.9.4
v5.9.5
v5.9.6
v5.9.6.1
v5.9.6.2
v5.9.7
v5.9.8
Other
v6
v7
v8
v6.*
v6.1
v6.1.1
v6.1.2
v6.1.3
v6.1.4
v6.1.5
v6.1.6
v6.1.7
v6.1.8
v6.2
v6.2.1
v6.2.2
v6.2.3_-_End_of_World_Edition
v6.3
v6.3.1
v6.3.2
v6.3.3
v6.4
v6.4.1
v6.4.2
v6.4.3
v6.4.4
v6.4.5
v6.5
v6.5.1
v6.5.2
v6.5.3
v6.5.4
v6.5.5
v6.6
v6.6.1
v6.6.2
v6.6.3
v6.6.4
v6.6.6_-_Friday_the_13th_edition
v6.6.7
v6.6.8
v6.6.9
v6.7
v6.7.1
v6.7.2
v6.7.3
v6.7.4_-_Je_suis_Charlie_edition
v6.7.5
v6.7.7
v6.7.8
v6.7.8.1
v6.7.8.2
v6.7.9
v6.7.9.1
v6.7.9.2
v6.8
v6.8.1
v6.8.2
v6.8.3
v6.8.4
v6.8.5
v6.8.6
v6.8.7
v6.8.8
v6.8.9
v6.9
v6.9.1
v6.9.2
v7.*
v7.1
v7.2
v7.2.1
v7.2.2
v7.3
v7.3.1
v7.3.2
v7.3.3
v7.4
v7.4.1
v7.4.2
v7.5.1
v7.5.2
v7.5.3
v7.5.4
v7.5.5
v7.5.6
v7.5.7
v7.5.8
v7.5.9
v7.6
v7.6.1
v7.6.2
v7.6.3
v7.6.4
v7.6.5
v7.6.6
v7.7
v7.7.1
v7.8
v7.8.1
v7.8.2
v7.8.3
v7.8.4
v7.8.5
v7.8.6
v7.8.7
v7.8.8
v7.8.9
v7.9
v7.9.1
v7.9.2
v7.9.3
v7.9.4
v7.9.5
v8.*
v8.1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-6401.json"