CVE - CVE-2008-4255

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-4255	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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 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
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BID:32613 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32613 BUGTRAQ:20081209 ZDI-08-083: Microsoft Animation ActiveX Control Malformed AVI Parsing Code Execution Vulnerability URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499061/100/0/threaded CERT:TA08-344A URL:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html CONFIRM:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm MISC:http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/32613.pl MISC:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-083 MISC:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-083/ MS:MS08-070 URL:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6032 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6032 SECTRACK:1021369 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021369 VUPEN:ADV-2008-3382 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382~~ (Obsolete source)
Assigning CNA
Microsoft Corporation
Date Record Created
20080925	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20080925)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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