Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 4, 2009· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2009-3857

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
cpe:2.3:a:softonic:scite:1.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9133nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51674nvd

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