CVE-2008-4922 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the DjVu ActiveX Control 3.0 for Microsoft Office (DjVu_ActiveX_MSOffice.dll). This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an overly long ImageURL property, potentially affecting other properties like Mode, Page, or Zoom. With a CVSS score of 9.3 and a FAUCET Risk Score of 99/100, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via Metasploit and ExploitDB, indicating a clear path for exploitation, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:djvu:activex_control_for_microsoft_office_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.