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CVE-2008-4255in critical feed1 exploit

Heap-based buffer overflow in mscomct2.ocx (aka Windows Common ActiveX control or Microsoft Animation ActiveX control) in Microsoft Visual…

Published 17 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
9.3
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
53.7%
percentile 99%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

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."

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

53.70% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-7431 Microsoft Visual Basic - ActiveX Controls mscomct2.ocx Buffer Overflow (PoC) · dos · 2008-12-12

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

  • securityfocus.com /bid/32613 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2008/3382 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-08-083/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-08-083 · x_refsource_MISC, 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
  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6032 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, 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
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/499061/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • downloads.securityfocus.com /vulnerabilities/exploits/32613.pl · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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