Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 28, 2022· Updated May 21, 2025
notepad-plus-plus - DLL Hijacking
CVE-2022-32168
Description
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++.
Affected products
1- Range: v8.3
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
2- github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/85d7215d9b3e0d5a8433fc31aec4f2966821051emitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-32168mitrex_refsource_MISC
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