Description

A security flaw has been discovered in Flos Freeware Notepad2 4.2.22/4.2.23/4.2.24/4.2.25. Affected is an unknown function in the library Msimg32.dll. Performing a manipulation results in uncontrolled search path. Attacking locally is a requirement. The attack's complexity is rated as high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

INFO

Published Date :

2026-02-16T06:02:06.344Z

Last Modified :

2026-02-23T10:06:24.457Z

Source :

VulDB
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-2538 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Flos Freeware
  • Notepad2
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2026-2538.

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https://github.com/Cyber-Wo0dy/report/blob/main/notepad2/4.2.25/notepad2_dll_hijacking.md cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.346126 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?id.346126 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?submit.749345 cve-icon cve-icon
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