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.
Published: 2009-11-04
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 6.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-3828 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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:45:50.765Z

Reserved: 2009-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-3857

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Status : Modified

Published: 2009-11-04T17:30:00.250

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-3857

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