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CVE-2023-40031
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++.
CVSS v3 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-120, CWE-122
References
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-092_Notepad__/
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-092_Notepad__/
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