9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2008-4255
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Windows Common ActiveX Control
Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in mscomct2.ocx (aka Windows Common ActiveX control or Microsoft Animation ActiveX control) in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Visual Studio .NET 2002 SP1 and 2003 SP1, Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 and SP2, and Office Project 2003 SP3 and 2007 Gold and SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an AVI file with a crafted stream length, which triggers an "allocation error" and memory corruption, aka "Windows Common AVI Parsing Overflow Vulnerability."

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 10, 2008, 2 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:51 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-4255 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft office_frontpage
2 Microsoft project
3 Microsoft visual_basic
4 Microsoft visual_foxpro
5 Microsoft visual_studio_.net
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2008-4255.

URL Resource
http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/32613.pl Exploit
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499061/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32613 Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021369
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382 Vendor Advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-083
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-083/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6032
http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/32613.pl Exploit
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499061/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32613 Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021369
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382 Vendor Advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-083
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-083/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6032

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2008-4255 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-4255 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/32613.pl
    Added Reference http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499061/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32613
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021369
    Added Reference http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382
    Added Reference http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-083
    Added Reference http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-083/
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6032
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-070.mspx [Patch, Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/499061/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499061/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6032 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6032 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 10, 2008

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

94.12 }} -2.50%

score

0.99376

percentile

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