CVE-2008-1709: microsoft visual_interdev

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-1709 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in microsoft visual_interdev. EPSS estimates a 13.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 09-04-2008
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0 (SP6) allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Studio Solution (.SLN) file with a long malformed Project line beginning with a 'Project("{}") =' sequence, probably a different vector than CVE-2008-0250.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.