KLA60810
Multiple vulnerabilities in Notepad++

Updated: 09/29/2023
Detect date
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09/08/2023
Severity
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High
Description

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Notepad++. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code, obtain sensitive information.

Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities:

  1. Heap buffer vulnerability in Utf8_16_Read::convert can be exploited to execute arbitrary code.
  2. Buffer read overflow vulnerability in CharDistributionAnalysis::HandleOneChar can be exploited to obtain sensitive information.
  3. Buffer read overflow vulnerability in nsCodingStateMachine::NextStater can be exploited to obtain sensitive information.
  4. Heap buffer read overflow vulnerability in FileManager::detectLanguageFromTextBegining can be exploited to obtain sensitive information.
Exploitation

Public exploits exist for this vulnerability.

Affected products

Notepad++ earlier than 8.5.7

Solution

Update to the latest version
Download Notepad++

Original advisories

Notepad++ v8.5.7 bug-fixes and new features:

Impacts
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ACE 
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OSI 
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DoS 
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Related products
Notepad++
CVE-IDS
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CVE-2023-400315.0Warning
CVE-2023-400365.0Warning
CVE-2023-401645.0Warning
CVE-2023-401665.0Warning
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