vade79 has discovered a vulnerability in Notepad++, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the SciLexer module (SciLexer.dll) when processing ruby source files (.rb). This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow when a specially crafted file is opened.

For more information:
SA25327

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 4.1.1 and 3.9, and reported in version 4.1. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution
Update to version 4.1.2.
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Provided and/or discovered by
vade79

Changelog
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Original Advisory
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/3912

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