CVE-2008-4253: microsoft office_frontpage Resource Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2008-4253 is a high (CVSS 8.5) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in microsoft office_frontpage. EPSS estimates a 20.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 10-12-2008PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The FlexGrid ActiveX control in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 and SP2, Office FrontPage 2002 SP3, and Office Project 2003 SP3 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 "FlexGrid Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
20.98%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
98%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 20.98% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Microsoft5 products
- office_frontpage2002:sp3
- project2003:sp3 | 2007 | 2007:sp1
- visual_basic6.0
- visual_foxpro8.0:sp1 | 9.0:sp1 | 9.0:sp2
- visual_studio_.net2002:sp1 | 2003:sp1
1 vendor · 5 products
References
7 links- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MS
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htmX Refsource CONFIRM
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryX Refsource CERTUS Government Resource
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5994VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL