CVE - CVE-2008-4256

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-4256	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The Charts ActiveX control in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Visual Studio .NET 2002 SP1 and 2003 SP1, and Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 and SP2 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 "Charts Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
References
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BID:32614 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32614 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 MS:MS08-070 URL:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5651 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5651 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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