CVE-2008-4255
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…
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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."
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 53.70% probability · 99th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- microsoft/office frontpage · microsoft/project · microsoft/visual basic · microsoft/visual foxpro · microsoft/visual studio .net
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
- http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/32613.plExploit
- 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/32613Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021369
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382Vendor 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.plExploit
- 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/32613Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021369
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382Vendor 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.