CVE-2008-3704

high

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the MaskedEdit ActiveX control in Msmask32.ocx 6.0.81.69, and possibly other versions before 6.0.84.18, in Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0, Visual Basic 6.0, Visual Studio .NET 2002 SP1 and 2003 SP1, and Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Mask parameter, related to not "validating property values with boundary checks," as exploited in the wild in August 2008, aka "Masked Edit Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6317

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6244

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5794

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44444

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2380

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020710

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm

http://secunia.com/advisories/31498

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-08-18

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High