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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.

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.".

HIGH · CVSS 8.5 EPSS 0.57462
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
  • EPSS percentile: top 2% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
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Affected Products & Versions

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microsoft office frontpageall versions
microsoft projectall versions
microsoft visual basicall versions
microsoft visual foxproall versions
microsoft visual studio .netall versions
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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productlowBitbucket Project Secret Scanning Allowlist Added
producthighVisual Basic Command Line Compiler Usage
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Scoring & Timeline

8.5
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secure@microsoft.com
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD10 Dec 2008 · 02:00 PM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32614
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021369
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlUS Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070
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