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CVE-2008-4256

The Charts ActiveX control in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Visual Studio .NET 2002 SP1 and 2003 SP1, and Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 and SP2 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 "Charts Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Published

2008-12-10T14:00:00.987

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 8.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

6.8

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-399
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application microsoft office_frontpage 2002 Yes
Application microsoft project 2003 Yes
Application microsoft project 2007 Yes
Application microsoft project 2007 Yes
Application microsoft visual_basic 6.0 Yes
Application microsoft visual_foxpro 8.0 Yes
Application microsoft visual_foxpro 9.0 Yes
Application microsoft visual_foxpro 9.0 Yes
Application microsoft visual_studio_.net 2002 Yes
Application microsoft visual_studio_.net 2003 Yes
References