FKIE_CVE-2008-4255

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-12-10 14:00 - Updated: 2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
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.comhttp://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/32613.plExploit
secure@microsoft.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499061/100/0/threaded
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32613Patch
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/2008/3382Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-083
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-083/
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%3A6032
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/32613.plExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499061/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32613Patch
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/2008/3382Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-083
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-083/
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%3A6032
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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