CVE-2009-3857
Buffer overflow in Softonic International SciTE 1.72 allows user-assisted remote attackers to...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2009-3857- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2009-3857- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-3828 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2009-3828- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wvhm-v482-m2w5 No score
Buffer overflow in Softonic International SciTE 1.72 allows user-assisted remote attackers to...
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.
- Record
GHSA-wvhm-v482-m2w5- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | ScITE Editor 1.72 - Local Crash | 2009-07-13 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2009-3857 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Softonic Scite, published November 4, 2009. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.98%, the 80th percentile. No source names a fixed version.