Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Versions 8.5.6 and prior are vulnerable to heap buffer read overflow in `FileManager::detectLanguageFromTextBegining `. 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: 2023-08-25T20:20:20.390Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:24:55.584Z

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

Link: CVE-2023-40166

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2023-08-25T21:15:08.777

Modified: 2023-08-31T16:33:53.880

Link: CVE-2023-40166

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