Vulnerability Details : 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."

Vulnerability category: Memory CorruptionExecute code

Published 2008-12-10 14:00:01

Updated 2018-10-12 21:48:48

Source Microsoft Corporation

View at NVD, CVE.org

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4256

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 91.62%

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 99 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ

CVSS scores for CVE-2008-4256

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Source
8.5	HIGH	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C	6.8	10.0	nvd@nist.gov
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Medium Authentication: Single Confidentiality Impact: Complete Integrity Impact: Complete Availability Impact: Complete

CWE ids for CVE-2008-4256

CWE-399

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2008-4256

Products affected by CVE-2008-4256

Microsoft » Project » Version: 2003 Update SP3
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Microsoft » Project » Version: 2007
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Microsoft » Project » Version: 2007 Update SP1
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Microsoft » Visual Basic » Version: 6.0 Runtime Extended Files Edition
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Microsoft » Visual Foxpro » Version: 9.0 Update SP2
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Microsoft » Visual Foxpro » Version: 8.0 Update SP1
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Microsoft » Visual Foxpro » Version: 9.0 Update SP1
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Microsoft » Visual Studio .net » Version: 2002 Update SP1
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Microsoft » Visual Studio .net » Version: 2003 Update SP1
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Microsoft » Office Frontpage » Version: 2002 Update SP3
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