Buffer Overflow Affecting notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-NOTEPADPLUSPLUSNOTEPADPLUSPLUS-5862645
  • published27 Aug 2023
  • disclosed25 Aug 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-40166  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow when the FileManager::detectLanguageFromTextBegining function is used. An attacker can potentially leak internal memory allocation information by exploiting the heap buffer read overflow. This is only exploitable if the versions are 8.5.6 and prior.

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