CVE-2008-3704

Summary

CVECVE-2008-3704
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-08-18 19:41:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-12 21:48:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Visual Foxpro 8.0 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Visual Foxpro 9.0 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Visual Foxpro 9.0 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Visual Foxpro 8.0 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Visual Foxpro 9.0 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Visual Foxpro 9.0 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Visual Studio .net 2002 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Visual Studio .net 2003 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Visual Studio .net 2002 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Visual Studio .net 2003 sp1 All All

References

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Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Visual Studio Buffer Overflow in 'Msmask32.ocx' ActiveX Control Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-070 - Critical | Microsoft Docs MS docs.microsoft.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Microsoft Visual Studio (Msmask32.ocx) ActiveX Remote BOF Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
Microsoft Visual Studio 'Msmask32.ocx' ActiveX Control Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
ASA-2008-473 (ActiveX Controls) Could Allow Remote Code Execution (932349) CONFIRM support.avaya.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Microsoft Visual Studio - 'Msmask32.ocx' ActiveX Remote Buffer Overflow (PoC) - Windows dos Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
Microsoft Visual Studio Masked Edit Control "Mask" Buffer Overflow - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-344A -- Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities CERT www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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