Security Advisory
CVE-2023-40036
5.5
MEDIUM
Vulnerability 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 `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++.
Published Date
August 25, 2023
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory