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● CVE — Medium

CVE-2023-40164

Vendornotepad-plus-plusProductnotepad++DiscoveredAug 25, 2023UpdatedNov 21, 2024

Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Versions 8.5.6 and prior are vulnerable to global buffer read overflow in nsCodingStateMachine::NextStater. 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++.

CVSS v3.1
5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.50%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Sep 16, 2026
▼ 0.04pp
0.55% → 0.50% over 6 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionREQUIRED
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityHIGH
IntegrityNONE
AvailabilityNONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Connections
2 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Aug 25, 2023
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Nov 21, 2024