01 Record

CVE-2008-4255

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 53.70% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 98.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2008-12-10 13:33Z17 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 10:08Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2008-09-25

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

215bd8de4be523f2883928c6c2dbf9f63a5f638c7afa990c04f00e39fc7425c0

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

microsoftoffice_frontpageNot specified—

microsoftprojectNot specified—

microsoftvisual_basicNot specified—

microsoftvisual_foxproNot specified—

microsoftvisual_studio_.netNot specified—

06 References

www.securityfocus.com32613http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32613vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.vupen.comADV-2008-3382http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
www.zerodayinitiative.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-083/x_refsource_MISC
www.zerodayinitiative.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-083x_refsource_MISC
www.securitytracker.com1021369http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021369vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
docs.microsoft.comMS08-070https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:6032https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6032vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htmx_refsource_CONFIRM
www.us-cert.govTA08-344Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
www.securityfocus.com20081209 ZDI-08-083: Microsoft Animation ActiveX Control Malformed AVI Parsing Code Execution Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499061/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
downloads.securityfocus.comhttp://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/32613.plx_refsource_MISC