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

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.08% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-NOTEPADPLUSPLUSNOTEPADPLUSPLUS-5862646
  • published27 Aug 2023
  • disclosed25 Aug 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-40164  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus to version or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via the nsCodingStateMachine::NextStater function. An attacker can potentially leak internal memory allocation information.

References

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