CVE-2008-4255
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-4255 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | microsoft |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-12-10 14:00:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| 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." |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
CompleteIntegrity
CompleteAvailability
CompleteAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Microsoft | Office Frontpage | 2002 | sp3 | All | All |
| Application | Microsoft | Project | 2003 | sp3 | All | All |
| Application | Microsoft | Project | 2007 | All | All | All |
| Application | Microsoft | Project | 2007 | sp1 | All | All |
| Application | Microsoft | Visual Basic | 6.0 | All | runtime_extended_files | 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 .net | 2002 | sp1 | All | All |
| Application | Microsoft | Visual Studio .net | 2003 | sp1 | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zero Day Initiative | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.zerodayinitiative.com | |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Microsoft Visual Basic DataGrid/FlexGrid/Heirarchival FlexGrid/Windows Common/Charts ActiveX Controls Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | |
| US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-344A -- Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.us-cert.gov | US Government Resource |
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Vendor Advisory |
| downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/32613.pl | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | downloads.securityfocus.com | Exploit |
| Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-070 - Critical | Microsoft Docs | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | docs.microsoft.com | |
| ASA-2008-473 (ActiveX Controls) Could Allow Remote Code Execution (932349) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.avaya.com | |
| Microsoft Windows Common AVI ActiveX Control File Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Patch |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| Zero Day Initiative | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.zerodayinitiative.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.