CVE-2008-3704
highpriority · attend · 67EPSS 0.559 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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."
cvss
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weaknesses
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exploits (4)
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- EDB-6244Microsoft Visual Studio - 'Msmask32.ocx' ActiveX Remote Buffer Overflow (PoC)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-6317Microsoft Visual Studio - 'Msmask32.ocx' ActiveX Remote Buffer Overflowfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (7)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (24)
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/31498enisa_euvd
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htmenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30674enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020710enisa_euvd
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2380enisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382enisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070enisa_euvd
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