CVE-2023-40031

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-40031
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-08-25 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-08-31 18:11:00 UTC
DescriptionNotepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Versions 8.5.6 and prior are vulnerable to heap buffer write overflow in `Utf8_16_Read::convert`. This issue may lead to arbitrary code execution. As of time of publication, no known patches are available in existing versions of Notepad++.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-120

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Notepad-plus-plus Notepad All All All All

References

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GHSL-2023-112, GHSL-2023-102, GHSL-2023-103, GHSL-2023-092: Buffer Overflows in Notepad++ - CVE-2023-40031, CVE-2023-40036, CVE-2023-40164, CVE-2023-40166 | GitHub Security Lab MISC securitylab.github.com
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