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CVE-2008-4253

Published: Dec 10, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-399
NVD MITRE
8.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
21.0%
Top 2.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

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."

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:SC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:SAuthentication
Single
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected Products

n/an/a
office frontpagemicrosoft
On-prem
Operating Systems / windows
projectmicrosoft
On-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / productivity
visual basicmicrosoft
On-premDev Tool
DevTools & CI / ide-editor
visual foxpromicrosoft
On-premDev Tool
DevTools & CI / ide-editor
microsoftcommercialUSOperating Systems
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Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32592
securityfocus.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382
vupen.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021369
securitytracker.com
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Timeline

Published
Dec 10, 2008
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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