vulnwire
9.3crit

CVE-2008-3704in critical feed4 exploits

Heap-based buffer overflow in the MaskedEdit ActiveX control in Msmask32.ocx 6.0.81.69, and possibly other versions before 6.0.84.18, in Mi…

Published 18 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
9.3
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
55.9%
percentile 99%
Public exploits
4
Metasploit · Exploit-DB

Heap-based buffer overflow in the MaskedEdit ActiveX control in Msmask32.ocx 6.0.81.69, and possibly other versions before 6.0.84.18, in Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0, Visual Basic 6.0, Visual Studio .NET 2002 SP1 and 2003 SP1, and Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Mask parameter, related to not "validating property values with boundary checks," as exploited in the wild in August 2008, aka "Masked Edit Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

55.92% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/browser/ms08_070_visual_studio_msmask Microsoft Visual Studio Mdmask32.ocx ActiveX Stack Buffer Overflow · metasploit exploit, normal rank · 2008-08-13
  • EDB-6317 Microsoft Visual Studio - 'Msmask32.ocx' ActiveX Remote Buffer Overflow · remote · 2008-08-26
  • EDB-6244 Microsoft Visual Studio - 'Msmask32.ocx' ActiveX Remote Buffer Overflow (PoC) · dos · 2008-08-14
  • EDB-16507 Microsoft Visual Studio - Msmask32.ocx ActiveX Buffer Overflow (MS08-070) (Metasploit) · remote · 2010-11-24

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.09.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

  • securitytracker.com /id?1020710 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2008/2380 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2008/3382 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/31498 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5794 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/30674 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • docs.microsoft.com /en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS, x_transferred
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/6244 · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
  • support.avaya.com /elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • us-cert.gov /cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/44444 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/6317 · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred

Sources

vulnwire keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA; records that alias each other are merged. Machine-readable: JSON.