CVE-2008-4254
Microsoft Visual Basic and Visual FoxPro - Remote Code Execution via Hierarchical FlexGrid ActiveX Control
Title source: llmDescription
Multiple integer overflows in the Hierarchical FlexGrid ActiveX control (mshflxgd.ocx) in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 and SP2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) Rows and (2) Cols properties to the (a) ExpandAll and (b) CollapseAll methods, related to access of incorrectly initialized objects and corruption of the "system state," aka "Hierarchical FlexGrid Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5805
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-72/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021369
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499059/100/0/threaded
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
Scores
EPSS
0.2206
EPSS Percentile
97.4%
Details
CWE
CWE-189
Status
published
Products (8)
microsoft/office_frontpage
2002 sp3
microsoft/project
2003 sp3
microsoft/project
2007 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/visual_basic
6.0
microsoft/visual_foxpro
8.0 sp1
microsoft/visual_foxpro
9.0 sp1 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/visual_studio_.net
2002 sp1
microsoft/visual_studio_.net
2003 sp1
Published
Dec 10, 2008
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026