CVE-2009-3857

ScITE Editor 1.72 - Local Crash

Severity Score

4.3

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Desbordamiento de búfer en Softonic International SciTE v1.72, permite a atacantes asistidos por el usuario provocar una denegación de servicio (caída de aplicación) a través de un archivo Ruby (.rb) que contiene una cadena larga, que lanza la caída cuando se usa la barra de desplazamiento.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 4.3

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2009-07-13 First Exploit
2009-11-04 CVE Reserved
2009-11-04 CVE Published
2024-06-14 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51674	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9133	2009-07-13
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9133	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Softonic Search vendor "Softonic"		Scite Search vendor "Softonic" for product "Scite"				1.72 Search vendor "Softonic" for product "Scite" and version "1.72"		-		Affected