Vulnerability CVE-2023-40031


Published: 2023-08-25

Description:
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++.

Type:

CWE-120

(Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow'))

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

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