CVE-2023-40166
Notepad++ heap buffer read overflow in FileManager::detectLanguageFromTextBegining
Summary
Notepad++ heap buffer read overflow in FileManager::detectLanguageFromTextBegining
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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++.
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory securitylab.github.com