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CVE-2008-4255

Published: Dec 10, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
NVD MITRE
9.3CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
53.7%
Top 1.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

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."

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32613
securityfocus.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382
vupen.com
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-083/
zerodayinitiative.com
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Timeline

Published
Dec 10, 2008
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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