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++.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2023-08-25T19:58:33.936Z
Updated: 2024-08-02T18:24:54.612Z
Reserved: 2023-08-08T13:46:25.245Z
Link: CVE-2023-40036
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2023-08-25T20:15:08.637
Modified: 2023-08-31T18:11:35.867
Link: CVE-2023-40036
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