{"id":"CVE-2017-8803","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-8803","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T23:38:47.829Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2017-07-05T20:29:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:26:59.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["mh-nexus/hex editor"],"epss":{"score":0.01643,"percentile":0.76294,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.64%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-8803","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-8803","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8803","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}