CVE-2023-40036 — Notepad++ global buffer read overflow in CharDistributionAnalysis::HandleOneChar

CVE-2023-40036

Notepad++ global buffer read overflow in CharDistributionAnalysis::HandleOneChar PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Versions 8.5.6 and prior are vulnerable to global buffer read overflow in `CharDistributionAnalysis::HandleOneChar`. 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++.

Affected (CNA)

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

CWE

CWE-120

References

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

ADP enrichment

CVE

No English description supplied.

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

CISA-ADP

No English description supplied.

No references supplied.