cvelist/2023/40xxx/CVE-2023-40031.json

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        "ID": "CVE-2023-40031",
        "ASSIGNER": "security-advisories@github.com",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "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++."
            }
        ]
    },
    "problemtype": {
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            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')",
                        "cweId": "CWE-120"
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow",
                        "cweId": "CWE-122"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
                {
                    "vendor_name": "notepad-plus-plus",
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "notepad-plus-plus",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_affected": "=",
                                            "version_value": "<= 8.5.6"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "url": "https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-092_Notepad__/",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-092_Notepad__/"
            }
        ]
    },
    "source": {
        "advisory": "GHSA-fp93-2q9p-7fxp",
        "discovery": "UNKNOWN"
    },
    "impact": {
        "cvss": [
            {
                "attackComplexity": "LOW",
                "attackVector": "LOCAL",
                "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
                "baseScore": 7.8,
                "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
                "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
                "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
                "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
                "scope": "UNCHANGED",
                "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
                "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                "version": "3.1"
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