Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 10, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2008-4255
CVE-2008-4255
Description
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."
Affected products
10- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_frontpage:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_basic:6.0:*:runtime_extended_files:*:*:*:*:*
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
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
11- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32613nvdPatch
- downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/32613.plnvdExploit
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382nvdVendor Advisory
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htmnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499061/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-083nvd
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-083/nvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6032nvd
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