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    CVE-2008-4253

    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."

    Published:Dec 10, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Dec 10, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.57462
    CVSS Score:8.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Office Frontpage
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Project
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Visual Basic
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Visual Foxpro
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Visual Studio .net

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    References

    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32592
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021369
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5994
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32592
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021369
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5994

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High