CVE-2008-4255 (GCVE-0-2008-4255)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-12-10 13:33
Modified
2024-08-07 10:08
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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."
References
secure@microsoft.com http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/32613.pl Exploit
secure@microsoft.com http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm
secure@microsoft.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499061/100/0/threaded
secure@microsoft.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32613 Patch
secure@microsoft.com http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021369
secure@microsoft.com http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html US Government Resource
secure@microsoft.com http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382 Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.com http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-083
secure@microsoft.com http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-083/
secure@microsoft.com https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070
secure@microsoft.com https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6032
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/32613.pl Exploit
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499061/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32613 Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021369
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/2008/3382 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-083
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-083/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6032
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