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CVE-2023-40164

Notepad++ global buffer read overflow in nsCodingStateMachine::NextState



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++.

Reserved 2023-08-09 | Published 2023-08-25 | Updated 2024-10-02 | Assigner GitHub_M


MEDIUM: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem types

CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

Product status

<= 8.5.6
affected

References

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

cve.org (CVE-2023-40164)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2023-40164)

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