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critical 10.0

CVE-2014-9456 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in NotePad++ 6.6.9 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a long Time attribute in an Event element in an X…

published 2015-01-02 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-9276

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
10.7%
EPSS 10.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in NotePad++ 6.6.9 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a long Time attribute in an Event element in an XML file. NOTE: this issue was originally incorrectly mapped to CVE-2014-1004; see CVE-2014-1004 for more information.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-35589)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

10.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-35589 Notepad++ 6.6.9 - Buffer Overflow dos, 2014-12-22

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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