CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-3704
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-08-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
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."
Affected configurations
• microsoft visual basic 6.0
• microsoft visual foxpro 8.0
• microsoft visual foxpro 9.0
• microsoft visual studio 6.0
• microsoft visual studio .net 2002
• microsoft visual studio .net 2003
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31498 Vendor Advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm support.avaya.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30674 Exploit, Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020710 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2380 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070 docs.microsoft.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44444 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5794 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6244 www.exploit-db.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6317 www.exploit-db.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31498 Vendor Advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm support.avaya.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30674 Exploit, Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020710 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2380 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070 docs.microsoft.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44444 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5794 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6244 www.exploit-db.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6317 www.exploit-db.com