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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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2023-08-25T19:58:33.936Z

Updated: 2024-10-01T16:03:53.516Z

Reserved: 2023-08-08T13:46:25.245Z

Link: CVE-2023-40036

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:24:54.612Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-25T20:15:08.637

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:18:34.233

Link: CVE-2023-40036

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