FKIE_CVE-2008-4253

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-12-10 14:00 - Updated: 2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
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."
References
secure@microsoft.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32592
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021369
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlUS Government Resource
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382
secure@microsoft.comhttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070
secure@microsoft.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5994
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32592
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021369
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlUS Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5994
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft office_frontpage 2002
microsoft project 2003
microsoft project 2007
microsoft project 2007
microsoft visual_basic 6.0
microsoft visual_foxpro 8.0
microsoft visual_foxpro 9.0
microsoft visual_foxpro 9.0
microsoft visual_studio_.net 2002
microsoft visual_studio_.net 2003
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