CVE-2007-2666
HIGH · CVSS 7.6EPSS 15.5%EU EUVD
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++.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 15.5% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-2658)
- Published
- May 14, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-2658 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- notepad++ / notepad++
- scintilla / scintilla
References
- http://osvdb.org/36007
- http://scintilla.cvs.sourceforge.net/scintilla/scintilla/src/LexRuby.cxx?view=log#rev1.13
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25245(Vendor Advisory)
- 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(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1867(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34269
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34372
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3912
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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