Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Versions 8.5.6 and prior are vulnerable to global buffer read overflow in `nsCodingStateMachine::NextStater`. 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2023-08-25T20:12:58.877Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:24:55.519Z

Reserved: 2023-08-09T15:26:41.050Z

Link: CVE-2023-40164

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2023-08-25T21:15:08.687

Modified: 2023-08-31T17:33:09.500

Link: CVE-2023-40164

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