CVE-2023-40164
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2023-40164 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2023-08-25 21:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2023-08-31 17:33:00 UTC |
| Description | Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Versions 8.5.6 and prior are vulnerable to global buffer read overflow in `nsCodingStateMachine::NextStater`. The exploitability of this issue is not clear. Potentially, it may be used to leak internal memory allocation information. 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)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Notepad-plus-plus | Notepad | All | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
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