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CVE-2009-3857
Buffer overflow in Softonic International SciTE 1.72 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application…
Medium4.3EPSS 2.0%
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in Softonic International SciTE 1.72 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a Ruby (.rb) file containing a long string, which triggers the crash when a scroll bar is used.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (2)
- 9133 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- scite-editor-file-dos(51674) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
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