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CVE-2009-3857

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 1.98% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2009-11-04 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.3. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2009-3857
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.3
EPSS
1.98%

Original 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.