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CVE-2008-4254

Published: Dec 10, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-189
NVD MITRE
8.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
22.1%
Top 2.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the Hierarchical FlexGrid ActiveX control (mshflxgd.ocx) in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 and SP2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) Rows and (2) Cols properties to the (a) ExpandAll and (b) CollapseAll methods, related to access of incorrectly initialized objects and corruption of the "system state," aka "Hierarchical 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-189

Affected Products

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
visual studio .netmicrosoft
On-premDesktop App
DevTools & CI / ide-editor
microsoftcommercialUSOperating Systems
and 1 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-72/
secunia.com
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm
support.avaya.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499059/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com
and 5 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Dec 10, 2008
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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