CVE-2008-4252 describes a memory corruption vulnerability in the DataGrid ActiveX control used in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual FoxPro 8.0/9.0, as well as other Microsoft products like FrontPage and Project. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through specially crafted HTML documents by exploiting errors during access to uninitialized objects. With a CVSS score of 8.5, it is considered highly severe, requiring network access and medium attack complexity to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and EPSS score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2002CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_frontpage:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2003CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:project:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2007CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:project:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2007CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:project:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_basic:6.0:*:runtime_extended_files:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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