Vigil@nce - Notepad++: buffer overflow via Command-extractArgs
June 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Notepad++.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: user access/rights, denial of service on client.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 01/04/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a buffer overflow via Command::extractArgs
of Notepad++, in order to trigger a denial of service, and
possibly to run code.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Notepad-buffer-overflow-via-Command-extractArgs-28907