01 Record
CVE-2007-2666
Stack-based buffer overflow in LexRuby.cxx (SciLexer.dll) in Scintilla 1.73, as used by notepad++ 4.1.1 and earlier, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain Ruby
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in LexRuby.cxx (SciLexer.dll) in Scintilla 1.73, as used by notepad++ 4.1.1 and earlier, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain Ruby
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 15.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-05-14 23:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 13:49Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-05-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6a8fb748c1723a64845a96ffde5625a3e8564d532507adf63f37e97621cfcbe3
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-1794http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1794
- www.securityfocus.com20070513 notepad++[v4.1]: (win32) ruby file processing buffer overflow exploit.http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468529/100/0/threaded
- www.exploit-db.com3912https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3912
- secunia.com25327http://secunia.com/advisories/25327
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-1867http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1867
- www.securityfocus.com20070523 Re: notepad++[v4.1]: (win32) ruby file processing buffer overflow exploit.http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469348/100/100/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com23961http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23961
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comnotepadplus-rb-bo(34269)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34269
- scintilla.cvs.sourceforge.nethttp://scintilla.cvs.sourceforge.net/scintilla/scintilla/src/LexRuby.cxx?view=log#rev1.13
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comscintilla-rb-bo(34372)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34372
- osvdb.org36007http://osvdb.org/36007
- secunia.com25245http://secunia.com/advisories/25245