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CVE-2009-3857

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-11-04 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

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 products

• Softonic Scite: 1.72

References

• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9133
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51674
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9133
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51674

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