CVE-2008-3704 (GCVE-0-2008-3704)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-08-18 19:00
Modified
2024-08-07 09:45
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Heap-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."
References
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/31498 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30674 Exploit, Patch
cve@mitre.org http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020710
cve@mitre.org http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html US Government Resource
cve@mitre.org http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2380 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070
cve@mitre.org https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44444
cve@mitre.org https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5794
cve@mitre.org https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6244
cve@mitre.org https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6317
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/31498 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30674 Exploit, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020710
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2380 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44444
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5794
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6244
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6317
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  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.