CVE-2008-4255 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the mscomct2.ocx ActiveX control, affecting multiple Microsoft products including Visual Basic 6.0, Visual Studio .NET, Visual FoxPro, and Office Project. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.3, indicating that unauthenticated remote attackers can execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring moderate attack complexity. While not listed on the KEV catalog or showing active exploitation, a Proof-of-Concept exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| 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:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.