Out-of-bounds Read in Dail8859 Notepadnext
CVE-2025-52938
Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in dail8859 NotepadNext (src/lua/src modules). This vulnerability is associated with program files lparser.C. This issue affects NotepadNext: through v0.11. The singlevar() in lparser.c lacks a certain luaK_exp2anyregup call, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read that might affect a system that compiles untrusted Lua code.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (6.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 6th percentile — 6.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Dail8859 Notepadnext — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext/pull/756 (patch, third-party-advisory)
- github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext/commit/66b8a97d9fdfd2257996875716f39c18d84e004f (patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-52938?
- CVE-2025-52938 is a vulnerability in Dail8859 Notepadnext, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. Published 2025-06-23.
- Is CVE-2025-52938 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.