8.5

CVE-2008-4254: microsoft office_frontpage Numeric Errors

CVSS: 8.5v2.0HighModified
Published 10-12-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-4254 is a high (CVSS 8.5) Numeric Errors vulnerability in microsoft office_frontpage. EPSS estimates a 22.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
38/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
22.06%
0%100%
High · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 10-12-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the Hierarchical FlexGrid ActiveX control (mshflxgd.ocx) in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 and SP2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) Rows and (2) Cols properties to the (a) ExpandAll and (b) CollapseAll methods, related to access of incorrectly initialized objects and corruption of the "system state," aka "Hierarchical FlexGrid Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

22.06%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

98%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 22.06% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
22.06%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Microsoft5 products

1 vendor · 5 products

References

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