CVE-2009-3857

Published: Nov 4, 2009Modified: Apr 23, 2026

4.3

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Softonic: Scite

Softonic

1 product

Scite

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Softonic Scite	Version 1.72

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (4)

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9133

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51674

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9133

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51674

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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