Security advisory

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  "id": "610280f88772d6d011adb03943e407ce45e7ee0963d5b1453444e194477af819",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-16294",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-16294",
    "summary": "SciLexer.dll in Scintilla in Notepad++ (x64) before 7.7 allows remote code execution or denial of service via Unicode characters in a crafted .ml file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-16294",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
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              "repo": "https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
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                {
                  "fixed": "23dd65549a57c5d4fa0c2ab9afdc8eaa1bc11963"
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                    "range": [
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-16294.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:21.879248214Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v7.7.html",
        "https://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaHistory.html",
        "https://github.com/bi7s/CVE/tree/master/CVE-2019-16294"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-16294",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 430574,
  "published_at": "2019-09-14T16:15:10.54+00:00"
}