CVE-2022-32168 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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++.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0005.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Notepad-plus-plus	Notepad\+\+

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:notepad-plus-plus:notepad\+\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

Update version to v8.4.5 or later

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/85d7215d9b3e0d5a8433fc31aec4f2966821051e
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-32168

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00047}`	epss `{'score': 0.00048}`

Wed, 21 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title	notepad-plus-plus - DLL Hijacking	notepad-plus-plus - DLL Hijacking

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Mend

Published: 2022-09-28T09:00:15.327Z

Updated: 2025-05-21T14:14:43.298Z

Reserved: 2022-05-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-32168

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T07:32:55.976Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-28T09:15:09.520

Modified: 2025-05-21T15:15:56.900

Link: CVE-2022-32168

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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