CVE-2007-2666 Information

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 (.rb) files with long lines. NOTE: this was originally reported as a vulnerability in notepad++.

Reference

http://osvdb.org/36007 http://scintilla.cvs.sourceforge.net/scintilla/scintilla/src/LexRuby.cxx?view=logrev1.13 http://secunia.com/advisories/25245 http://secunia.com/advisories/25327 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468529/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469348/100/100/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23961 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1794 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1867 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34269 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34372 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3912