CVE-2023-40036 (published 2023-08-25T19:58:33.936Z)
Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. Versions 8.5.6 and prior are vulnerable to global buffer read overflow in `CharDistributionAnalysis::HandleOneChar`. 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++.
Affected products: Vendor: notepad-plus-plus
Product: notepad-plus-plus
Versions: <= 8.5.6