CVE-2023-40031
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40031
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-40031.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-40031
- Published
- 2023-08-25T19:49:23.433Z
- Modified
- 2025-12-05T00:03:07.745047Z
- Severity
-
- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- Notepad++ vulnerable to heap buffer write overflow in Utf8_16_Read::convert
- Details
-
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++. - Database specific
{ "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-120", "CWE-122" ], "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M", "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/40xxx/CVE-2023-40031.json" }- References
Affected packages
Git / github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected
Affected versions
7.*
7.2.2
7.3.1
Other
patch-1_#167
patch-2_#268
patch-3_#283
v6
v7
v8
v5.*
v5.4.2
v5.4.3
v5.4.4
v5.4.5
v5.5
v5.5.1
v5.6
v5.6.1
v5.6.2
v5.6.3
v5.6.4
v5.6.5
v5.6.6
v5.6.7
v5.6.8
v5.7
v5.8
v5.8.1
v5.8.2
v5.8.3
v5.8.4
v5.8.5
v5.8.6
v5.8.7
v5.9
v5.9.1
v5.9.2
v5.9.3
v5.9.4
v5.9.5
v5.9.6
v5.9.6.1
v5.9.6.2
v5.9.7
v5.9.8
v6.*
v6.1
v6.1.1
v6.1.2
v6.1.3
v6.1.4
v6.1.5
v6.1.6
v6.1.7
v6.1.8
v6.2
v6.2.1
v6.2.2
v6.2.3_-_End_of_World_Edition
v6.3
v6.3.1
v6.3.2
v6.3.3
v6.4
v6.4.1
v6.4.2
v6.4.3
v6.4.4
v6.4.5
v6.5
v6.5.1
v6.5.2
v6.5.3
v6.5.4
v6.5.5
v6.6
v6.6.1
v6.6.2
v6.6.3
v6.6.4
v6.6.6_-_Friday_the_13th_edition
v6.6.7
v6.6.8
v6.6.9
v6.7
v6.7.1
v6.7.2
v6.7.3
v6.7.4_-_Je_suis_Charlie_edition
v6.7.5
v6.7.6
v6.7.7
v6.7.8
v6.7.8.1
v6.7.8.2
v6.7.9
v6.7.9.1
v6.7.9.2
v6.8
v6.8.1
v6.8.2
v6.8.3
v6.8.4
v6.8.5
v6.8.6
v6.8.7
v6.8.8
v6.8.9
v6.9
v6.9.1
v6.9.2
v7.*
v7.1
v7.2
v7.2.1
v7.2.2
v7.3
v7.3.1
v7.3.2
v7.3.3
v7.4
v7.4.1
v7.4.2
v7.5
v7.5.1
v7.5.2
v7.5.3
v7.5.4
v7.5.5
v7.5.6
v7.5.7
v7.5.8
v7.5.9
v7.6
v7.6.1
v7.6.2
v7.6.3
v7.6.4
v7.6.5
v7.6.6
v7.7
v7.7.1
v7.8
v7.8.1
v7.8.2
v7.8.3
v7.8.4
v7.8.5
v7.8.6
v7.8.7
v7.8.8
v7.8.9
v7.9
v7.9.1
v7.9.2
v7.9.3
v7.9.4
v7.9.5
v8.*
v8.1
v8.1.1
v8.1.2
v8.1.3
v8.1.4
v8.1.5
v8.1.6
v8.1.7
v8.1.8
v8.1.9
v8.1.9.1
v8.1.9.2
v8.1.9.3
v8.2
v8.2.1
v8.3
v8.3.1
v8.3.2
v8.3.3
v8.4
v8.4.1
v8.4.2
v8.4.3
v8.4.4
v8.4.5
v8.4.6
v8.4.7
v8.4.8
v8.4.9
v8.5
v8.5.1
v8.5.2
v8.5.3
v8.5.4
v8.5.5
v8.5.6