CVE-2017-8803: Mh-Nexus Hex Editor

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Mh-Nexus Hex Editor: version 0.9.5 only

Published 2017-07-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.