| CVE-2023-40164 | Date: (C)2023-08-28 (M)2023-12-22 |
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 Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -| CVSS V3 Severity: | CVSS V2 Severity: |
| CVSS Score : 5.5 | CVSS Score : |
| Exploit Score: 1.8 | Exploit Score: |
| Impact Score: 3.6 | Impact Score: |
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| Attack Vector: LOCAL | Access Vector: |
| Attack Complexity: LOW | Access Complexity: |
| Privileges Required: NONE | Authentication: |
| User Interaction: REQUIRED | Confidentiality: |
| Scope: UNCHANGED | Integrity: |
| Confidentiality: HIGH | Availability: |
| Integrity: NONE | |
| Availability: NONE | |
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