CVE-2023-40031 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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++.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00359.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Notepad-plus-plus	Notepad\+\+

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:notepad-plus-plus:notepad\+\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-44642	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++.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2023-08-25T19:49:23.433Z

Updated: 2024-10-02T14:53:13.209Z

Reserved: 2023-08-08T13:46:25.244Z

Link: CVE-2023-40031

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:24:54.738Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-25T20:15:08.517

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:18:33.647

Link: CVE-2023-40031

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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