CVE-2023-40166

Summary

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Versions 8.5.6 and prior are vulnerable to heap buffer read overflow in FileManager::detectLanguageFromTextBegining . 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 Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-120: CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
• CWE-122: CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: partial

References

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

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