Summary Notepad++ 8.5.7 released with fixes for four security vulnerabilities www.bleepingcomputer.com
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Notepad++ 8.5.7 addresses four security vulnerabilities, including buffer overflows and heap buffer read overflows, discovered by GitHub researcher Jaroslav.
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- Notepad++ version 8.5.7 has been released with fixes for multiple buffer overflow zero-days.
- The vulnerabilities in Notepad++ were reported by GitHub's security researcher Jaroslav Lobaevski.
- Proof of concept exploits have been published for these flaws, making it essential for users to update the program.
- The discovered vulnerabilities involve heap buffer write and read overflows in various functions and libraries used by Notepad++.
- The most severe flaw, CVE-2023-40031, potentially leads to arbitrary code execution.
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Notepad++ 8.5.7 fixes four security vulnerabilities, including buffer overflows and heap buffer read overflows, reported by GitHub researcher Jaroslav.
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Notepad++ version 8.5.7 has been released to address four security vulnerabilities, including buffer overflow zero-days that could potentially lead to code execution if users open specially crafted files. The vulnerabilities were reported by GitHub's security researcher Jaroslav
Notepad++ version 8.5.7 has been released to address four security vulnerabilities. The flaws were discovered by a GitHub researcher and include buffer overflows and heap buffer read overflows. The most severe vulnerability, CVE-2023-400