CVE-2008-2959
Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition - Memory Corruption
Title source: ruleDescription
Buffer overflow in a certain ActiveX control (vb6skit.dll) in Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition 6.0 SP6 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long lpstrLinkPath argument to the fCreateShellLink function.
Exploits (1)
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit
x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5851
Exploit vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29792
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43180
Scores
EPSS
0.3470
EPSS Percentile
97.0%
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (1)
microsoft/visual_basic_enterprise_edition
6.0 sp6
Published
Jul 02, 2008
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026