CVE-2023-40031

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Versions 8.5.6 and prior are vulnerable to heap buffer write overflow in `Utf8_16_Read::convert`. This issue may lead to arbitrary code execution. As of time of publication, no known patches are available in existing versions of Notepad++.

Affected products

Notepad++

Notepad-plus-plus Notepad\+\+

≤ 8.5.6

Fix

Available

CVSS 3.1

7.8 HIGH

EPSS

0.5% (42th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-120, CWE-122

NVD status

Modified

Published

2023-08-25