Visual Basic
Vendor:
First CVE: Jan 1, 1999 · Active for 27 years
19
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 93% of tracked products
2.4
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 74% of tracked products
8.6
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 77% of tracked products
10.5%
KEV Rate
Higher KEV Rate than 97% of tracked products
Trends Over Time
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Visual Basic over time
Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Jan 1, 1999
27 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Aug 15, 2012
5,091 days ago
CVE Severity & Scoring
Visual Basic19 CVEs
11%
89%
All CVEs352,231 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
MediumHigh
Attack Vector
Local0 (0.0%)
Network2 (10.5%)
Unknown17 (89.5%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low2 (10.5%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown17 (89.5%)
User Interaction
None0 (0.0%)
Unknown17 (89.5%)
Required2 (10.5%)
Privileges Required
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
None2 (10.5%)
Unknown17 (89.5%)
Top CVEs
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (19 CVEs).
19 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2012-0158HIGH The (1) ListView, (2) ListView2, (3) TreeView, and (4) TreeView2 ActiveX controls in MSCOMCTL.OCX in the Common Controls in Microsoft Office 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 Go | Apr 10, 2012 | 8.8 | 98 | YES | YES |
CVE-2012-1856HIGH The TabStrip ActiveX control in the Common Controls in MSCOMCTL.OCX in Microsoft Office 2003 SP3, Office 2003 Web Components SP3, Office 2007 SP2 and SP3, Office 2010 SP1, SQL Serv | Aug 15, 2012 | 8.8 | 92 | YES | NO |
CVE-2008-3704HIGH Heap-based buffer overflow in the MaskedEdit ActiveX control in Msmask32.ocx 6.0.81.69, and possibly other versions before 6.0.84.18, in Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0, Visual Basic 6 | Aug 18, 2008 | 9.3 | 72 | NO | YES |
CVE-2003-0347HIGH Heap-based buffer overflow in VBE.DLL and VBE6.DLL of Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) SDK 5.0 through 6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a docu | Oct 20, 2003 | 10.0 | 71 | NO | YES |
CVE-2007-4776HIGH Buffer overflow in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 and Enterprise Edition 6.0 SP6 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Visual Basic project (vbp) file c | Sep 10, 2007 | 9.3 | 70 | NO | YES |
CVE-2004-0200HIGH Buffer overflow in the JPEG (JPG) parsing engine in the Microsoft Graphic Device Interface Plus (GDI+) component, GDIPlus.dll, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via | Sep 28, 2004 | 9.3 | 68 | NO | YES |
CVE-2008-4255HIGH Heap-based buffer overflow in mscomct2.ocx (aka Windows Common ActiveX control or Microsoft Animation ActiveX control) in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Visual Studio .NET 2002 SP1 an | Dec 10, 2008 | 9.3 | 63 | NO | YES |
CVE-2007-2884HIGH Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Microsoft Visual Basic 6 allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) or execute arbitrary code via | May 30, 2007 | 9.3 | 53 | NO | YES |
CVE-2008-0392HIGH Multiple buffer overflows in Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition 6.0 SP6 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .dsr file with a long (1) Connec | Jan 23, 2008 | 9.3 | 52 | NO | YES |
CVE-2007-0065HIGH Heap-based buffer overflow in Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Automation in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista, Office 2004 for Mac, and Visual b | Feb 12, 2008 | 10.0 | 50 | NO | NO |
Exploit Exposure
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (19 CVEs).
CISA KEV
2 CVEs
10.5% of CVEs· 97th percentile
Metasploit
3 CVEs
15.8% of CVEs· 97th percentile
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
8 CVEs
42.1% of CVEs· 91st percentile
Social Chatter
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (19 CVEs).
Media Mentions
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (19 CVEs).
Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Visual Basic
Top CWEs
Versions
| Version | CVE Count | Avg CVSS | Avg EPSS | KEV | Exploits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.4 | 1 | 5.1 | 10.2% | 0 | 0 |
| 6.3 | 2 | 7.5 | 32.5% | 0 | 1 |
| 6.2 | 2 | 7.5 | 32.5% | 0 | 1 |
| 6.0 | 15 | 9.0 | 39.3% | 2 | 6 |
| 5.0 | 2 | 7.3 | 28.0% | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 9.3 | 49.0% | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 9.3 | 49.0% | 0 | 1 |