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CVE-2017-8803

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-07-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Notepad++ 7.3.3 (32-bit) with Hex Editor Plugin v0.9.5 might allow user-assisted attackers to execute code via a crafted file, because of a "Data from Faulting Address controls Code Flow" issue. One threat model is a victim who obtains an untrusted crafted file from a remote location and issues several user-defined commands.

Affected products

• Mh-Nexus Hex Editor: 0.9.5

References

• https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-8803
• https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-8803

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