VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-40031

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.52%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-08-25
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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++.

Weakness classification

  • security-advisories@github.com: CWE-120

Primary references