CVE-2023-40031 — Notepad++ vulnerable to heap buffer write overflow in Utf8_16_Read::convert

CVE-2023-40031

Notepad++ vulnerable to heap buffer write overflow in Utf8_16_Read::convert PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

Notepad++ 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++.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
notepad-plus-plus / notepad-plus-plus	affected <= 8.5.6

CWE

CWE-120, CWE-122

References

https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-092_Notepad__/

ADP enrichment

CVE

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https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-092_Notepad__/

CISA-ADP

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