Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Frontpage
CVE-2008-4255
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 and 2003 SP1, Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 and SP2, and Office Project 2003 SP3 and 2007 Gold and SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an AVI file with a crafted stream length, which triggers an "allocation error" and memory corruption, aka "Windows Common AVI Parsing Overflow Vulnerability."
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.537 (99.0th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.537 · newest: 0.537 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Office Frontpage — versions 2002
- Microsoft Project — versions 2003, 2007
- Microsoft Visual Basic — versions 6.0
- Microsoft Visual Foxpro — versions 8.0, 9.0
- Microsoft Visual Studio .Net — versions 2002, 2003
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32613 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-083/
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-083
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070 (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6032 (signature, vdb-entry)
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499061/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-4255?
- CVE-2008-4255 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Office Frontpage, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2008-12-10.
- Is CVE-2008-4255 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.