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CVE-2008-4254

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4254 describes multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities within the Hierarchical FlexGrid ActiveX control (mshflxgd.ocx) affecting Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Visual FoxPro, and related products like Office FrontPage, Project, and Visual Studio .NET. This flaw allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code by manipulating the Rows and Cols properties when calling the ExpandAll and CollapseAll methods, leading to memory corruption. With a CVSS score of 8.5 (High), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and a complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and EPSS score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

8.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
22.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2206 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 1,162 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070
secunia.com / secunia_research/2007-72
Vendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5805
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm
securityfocus.com / archive/1/499059/100/0/threaded
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/3382
Vendor Advisory