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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD5.0 Medium

CVE-2026-48770

Notepad++ WM_COPYDATA COPYDATA_FULL_CMDLINE local DoS crash

Description

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Prior to 8.9.6.1, a local process in the same interactive Windows session can send a malformed WM_COPYDATA message to Notepad++ using the COPYDATA_FULL_CMDLINE path. The handler appears to process COPYDATASTRUCT.lpData as an unbounded NUL-terminated wchar_t* instead of enforcing COPYDATASTRUCT.cbData. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.9.6.1.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

notepad-plus-plus notepad-plus-plus

  • < 8.9.6.1affected

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