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CVE-2008-4253in critical feed

The FlexGrid ActiveX control in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 and SP2, Office FrontPage 2002 SP3, and Offic…

Published 17 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
21.0%
percentile 98%
Public exploits
0
none known

The FlexGrid ActiveX control in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 and SP2, Office FrontPage 2002 SP3, and Office Project 2003 SP3 does not properly handle errors during access to incorrectly initialized objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document, related to corruption of the "system state," aka "FlexGrid Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

20.98% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.08.5AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/32592 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2008/3382 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id?1021369 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • docs.microsoft.com /en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS, 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
  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5994 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, x_transferred

Sources

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