{"cve":"CVE-2008-4255","nvd":{"published":"2008-12-10T14:00:00.970","modified":"2026-06-16T22:57:30.030","status":"Modified","description":"Heap-based buffer overflow in mscomct2.ocx (aka Windows Common ActiveX control or Microsoft Animation ActiveX control) in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Visual Studio .NET 2002 SP1 and 2003 SP1, Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 and SP2, and Office Project 2003 SP3 and 2007 Gold and SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an AVI file with a crafted stream length, which triggers an \"allocation error\" and memory corruption, aka \"Windows Common AVI Parsing Overflow Vulnerability.\"","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/32613.pl","http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499061/100/0/threaded","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32613","http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021369"],"products":["microsoft:office_frontpage","microsoft:project","microsoft:visual_basic","microsoft:visual_foxpro","microsoft:visual_studio_.net"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:53:23.791937413+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-4255","score":0.53703,"percentile":0.98996,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}