Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 10, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-4253
CVE-2008-4253
Description
The FlexGrid ActiveX control in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 and SP2, Office FrontPage 2002 SP3, and Office Project 2003 SP3 does not properly handle errors during access to incorrectly initialized objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document, related to corruption of the "system state," aka "FlexGrid Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
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Affected products
15cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_basic:6.0:*:runtime_extended_files:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_basic:6.0:*:runtime_extended_files:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_foxpro:8.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_foxpro:8.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_foxpro:9.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_foxpro:9.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_.net:2002:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_.net:2002:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_.net:2003:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htmnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32592nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382nvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5994nvd
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