CVE-2023-40166 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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++.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00082.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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-2023-44773	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++.

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': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2023-08-25T20:20:20.390Z

Updated: 2024-10-02T14:50:07.295Z

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

Link: CVE-2023-40166

Vulnrichment

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

NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:18:54.703

Link: CVE-2023-40166

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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